War and bureaucratization in Qin China: Exploring an anomalous case

American Sociological Review

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 511-539

  Kiser, Edgar ^a   Cai, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; BUREAUCRACY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL HISTORY; STATE BUILDING; WAR;

CHINA;

EID: 0242381205     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1519737     Document Type: Article

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