TY - BOOK AU - Wakeman, Frederic TI - The fall of imperial China SN - 0029336805 AV - 408 DS 754 W149f 1977 PY - 1977/// CY - New York PB - The Free Press N2 - Peasants, 5. -- Gentry, 19. -- Merchants, 39. -- The dynastic cycle, 55. -- The rise of the manchus, 71. -- Early and high ch'ing, 85. -- The wesrern intrusion, 111. -- Invasion and rebellion, 131. -- The illusion of restoration and self - strengtheming, 163. -- Dynastic reform and reaction, 199. -- The end of the mandate, 225. -- Readings in late imperial chinesse history, 257 ER -