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Public interest and state legitimation : early modern England, Japan, and China / Wenkai He.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- He, Wenkai, 1969- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in historical sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public interest.
- Public interest--England--History.
- Public interest--Japan--History.
- Public interest--China--History.
- Legitimacy of governments.
- Legitimacy of governments--England--History.
- Legitimacy of governments--Japan--History.
- Legitimacy of governments--China--History.
- public interest.
- China.
- England.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- History
- Informational works.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 308 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Safeguarding public interest was vital to early modern state legitimacy in Western Europe and East Asia. Wenkai He identifies similar patterns in state-society interactions surrounding public goods provision and explores how conflicts over public interest led to calls for fundamental political change and to modern representative politics"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781009334518
- 1009334514
- 1009334557
- 9781009334556
- OCLC:
- 1373338312
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