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| 13618. POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PRE-MODERN CHINA. This report examines China's political institutions during the pre-modern period (defined, for the purpose of this essay as prior to 1911 and the fall of the last dynastic regime), examining their structure, function, underlying ideology and transformations over time. The focus of the analysis is on the periods of the Ming (1368-1644) and Ch'ng dynasties (1644-1911), with comparative reference to the Han dynasty (206-220) and a discussion of the evolution of the seeds of formal political structures during the Shang and Chou dynasties. 14 pages, 31 footnotes, 10 bibliographic sources. |
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