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This book examines the emergence of imperial state in East Asia during the period ca. 400 BCE–200 CE as a network-based process, showing how the geography of

List of illustrations -- Historical periods -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Before the empire: the middle Yangzi interaction space -

How social networks shaped the imperial Chinese state China was the world’s leading superpower for almost two millennia, falling behind only in the last two c

This book examines the emergence of imperial state in East Asia during the period ca. 400 BCE-200 CE as a network-based process, showing how the geography of ea

State Power and Governance in Early Imperial China delves into the governance and capacity of the state by providing an empirical historical study of the collap