State Power and Governance in Early Imperial China: The Collapse of the Qin Empire, 221-207 BCE - Hardcoverby Chun Fung Tong (Author) State Power and Governance in Early Imperial China delves into the governance and capacity of the state by providing an empirical historical study of the collapse of China's Qin Empire. In contrast to the popular view that the Qin fell suddenly and dramatically, this book argues that the collapse was rooted in persistent structural problems of the empire, including the serious resource shortages experienced by local