The Confucian-Legalist State proposes a new theory of social change and, in doing so, analyzes the patterns of Chinese history, such as the rise and persistence of a unified empire, the continuous domination of Confucianism, and China's inability to develop industrial capitalism without Western imperialism.

• Preface


• A Disclaimer


• Maps


• Part I. Empirical and Theoretical Considerations


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: A Theory of Historical Change


• Part II. The Historical Background of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty


• Chapter 2: The Western Zhou (ca. 1045-771 BCE) Order and Its Decline


• Chapter 3: The Historical Setting of Eastern Zhou, an Age of War


• Part III. War-driven Dynamism in Eastern Zhou


• Chapter 4: The Age of Hegemons (770-546 BCE)


• Chapter 5: The Age of Transition (545-420 BCE)


• Chapter 6: In the Age of Total War (419-221 BCE): (1) Philosophies and


• Philosophers


• Chapter 7: In the Age of Total War: (2) Absolutism Prevailing


• Chapter 8: In the Age of Total War: (3) Qin and the Drive toward Unification


• Chapter 9: Western Han and the Advent of the Confucian-Legalist State


• Part IV. The Confucian-Legalist State and Patterns of Chinese History


• Chapter 10: Pre-Song Challenges to the Confucian-Legalist


• Political Framework and Song Responses


• Chapter 11: Relations between Nomads and Settled Chinese in History


• Chapter 12: Neo-Confucianism and the Advent of a "Confucian Society "


• Chapter 13: Market Economy under the Confucian-Legalist State


• Concluding Remarks


• References

Dingxin Zhao is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and the author of several books, including the award-winning Power of Tiananmen (University of Chicago Press, 2001).