China marches west : the Qing conquest of Central Eurasia / Peter C. Perdue.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 671-705) and index.

Part 1. The formation of the central Eurasian states. Environments, state building, and national identity -- The Ming, Muscovy, and Siberia, 1400-1600 -- Central Eurasian interactions and the rise of the Manchus, 1600-1670 -- Part 2. Contending for power. Manchus, Mongols, and Russians in conflict, 1670-1690 -- Eating snow : the end of Galdan, 1690-1697 -- Imperial overreach and Zunghar survival, 1700-1731 -- The final blows, 1734-1771 -- Part 3. The economic base of empire. Cannons on camelback : ecological structures and economic conjunctures -- Land settlement and military colonies -- Harvests and relief -- Currency and commerce -- Part 4. Fixing frontiers. Moving through the land -- Marking time : writing imperial history -- Part 5. Legacies and implications. Writing the national history of conquest -- State building in Europe and Asia -- Frontier expansion in the rise and fall of the Qing -- Appendixes : A. Rulers and reigns -- B. The Yongzheng emperor reels from the news of the disaster, 1731 -- C. Haggling at the border -- D. Gansu harvests and yields -- E. Climate and harvests in the northwest.

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A study of the Ming Shih Lu 明史錄 / S. Mano 間野潛龍 -- The mechanics of the Northern Defense System under the Ming / J. Tamura 田村實造 -- Development of the K'ai Chung Law (Kaizhongfa 開中法) / T. Terada 寺田隆信 -- Study of the Dayan Khan / J. Hagiwara 萩原淳平 -- Inquiry into the social structure of the Chien-chou (Jianzhou Nüzhen shehui 建州女真社會) Jurchens in Ming times / Y. Kawachi 河內良弘 -- A study of the Mukun-Tatan system / T. Mitamura 三田次村泰助 -- The Tibetan situation from the late Yuan to early Ming (Yuanmo Mingchu 元末明初) / H. Sato 佐藤長 -- A study of the Ch'i Chü Chu (Qijuzhu 起居注) of the last three Ming reigns / S. Imanishi 今西春秋.