books.google.co.uk - The contributors to this collection offer seven case studies that treat different aspects of political and ritual legitimation in China and Europe over the past two millennia. With a primary focus on crisis and change, the contributors analyze how rulers and states work to produce a popular political...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_legitimation_of_new_orders.html?id=cbDee_nEkYcC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe legitimation of new orders