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The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston :
BRILL,
2014.
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| Colección: | Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Conventions
- Map of Tang China
- Introduction
- The Transformation of Medieval Elites
- Tomb Epitaphs as a Historical Source
- 1. The Bureaucratic Aristocracy of Medieval China
- Clan Lists and the Classification of the Great Clans
- The Demographic Expansion of the Medieval Aristocracy
- The Geographic Dispersal of Great Clan Descendants
- Bureaucratized Aristocrats
- Conclusion
- 2. The Geography of Power
- Localizing Elites
- Capital Elites
- National Elites in the Provinces
- Other Elite Migratory Pathways
- Conclusion
- 3. The Capital Elite Marriage Network
- Reconstructing Patrilines
- Localizing Patrilines
- Geographic Distribution and Size of the Late Tang Political Elite
- The Social Landscape of the Capitals
- Marriage Networks and Social Capital
- Conclusion
- 4. The Late Tang Provinces
- The Late Tang Provincial System and the Hebei Autonomous Provinces
- Recentralization after the Xianzong Restoration
- The Tang Political Oligarchy and the Provinces
- Social Mobility in Provincial Governments
- Provincial Cultures
- Conclusion
- 5. Huang Chao and the Destruction of the Medieval Aristocracy
- Chang'an under Huang Chao
- Devastation in Luoyang and the Provinces
- The Demise of the Tang Elite
- The Survivors and the New Structure of Power
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Guide to the Accompanying Database
- Appendix B: Estimating the Total Size of the Late Tang Capital Elite
- Appendix C: Sources of Ninth-Century Excavated Epitaphs
- Bibliography
- Personal Name Index
- General Index
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