The Legitimation Of New Orders: Case Studies In World History

A collection of seven case studies which treat different aspects of political and ritual legitimation in China and Europe over the past two millennia. With focus on the analysis of crisis and change, this book's concern is how rulers and states work to produce a political consensus accepting their rule, an important issue in world history.

• | Edited By: Philip Yuen-Sang Leung
• | Publisher: The Chinese University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 30, 2007
• | Country of Publication: Hong Kong
• | Number of Pages: 300 pages
• | Language: Not Available
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 962996239X
• | ISBN-13: 9789629962395