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The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tackett, Nicolas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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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
  • HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE MONOGRAPH SERIES