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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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Note on Calendar and Transliteration -- Introduction.

I. Muscovite Statecraft and Hybrid Knowledge
1. Muscovy on the Knowledge Frontier
2. Seeing China through Russian Eyes
II. Bureaucrats and their Secrets
3. Secret Missions, Troublesome Missionaries
5. The Caravan as a Knowledge Bureaucracy
6. The Commerce of Long-Distance Letters
III. Remaking Knowledge on the Frontier
7. Frontier Intelligence and the Struggle for Inner Asia
8. Spies and Subversion in Eastern Siberia
IV. Intelligence and Sinology in Search of World Power
9. Imperial Encounters in the North Pacific
10. Making Russian Sinology in the Age of Napoleon
11. Conspiracy and Conquest on the Amur
Conclusion

Appendix: Reign Dates -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Gregory Afinogenov explores centuries of Russian spying and scholarship on the Far East. He argues that the approaches the empire took are closely related to its leaders' perception of Russia's place in the world. Espionage gave way to public-facing, academic study, as Russia sought to outdo Britain in a global contest for imperial prestige.

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