Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Tables and Figures iX
4. Acknowledgments Xi
5. Introduction 1
6. The Centralia 9
7. The Qin-Han Polity and Chinese World Empire 39
8. The Forsaken Turn 75
9. The China Order 99
10. The Century of Humiliation and Progress 135
11. The Great Leap Backward 159
12. The China Struggle Between Tianxia and Westphalia 195
13. Epilogue 215
14. Notes 219
15. Bibliography 245
16. Index 315