Jones, Eric L. (contributor); Bernholz, Peter (contributor); … - 2004
European history. By contrast, China, India and the Islamic Middle East are regarded as inherently imperial and overcentralised … decentralised rule or inter state competition. The same is true for Japan. If the Hume-Kant hypothesis is correct, it should also … -- 4. Lessons from the history of Imperial China -- 5. Advantages of centralized and decentralized rule in Japan -- 6 …