Multicultural China in the early Middle Ages /

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In contrast to the economic and cultural dominance by the south and the east coast over the past several centuries, influence in China in the early Middle Ages was centered in the north and featured a significantly multicultural society. Many events that were profoundly formative for the future of E...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chen, Sanping
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Encounters with Asia.
Subjects:
221 B.C.-960 A.D
Ethnicity > China > History.
Ethnicité > Chine > Histoire.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Ethnic relations
Ethnicity
China > History > 221 B.C.-960 A.D.
China > Ethnic relations > History.
Chine > Histoire > 221 av. J.-C.-960.
China
Multi-User.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword: Old Wine in New Bottles / Mair, Victor H.
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Legacy of the Tuoba Xianbei: The Tang Dynasty
  • Chapter 2. From Mulan to Unicorn
  • Chapter 3. Brotherly Matters and the Canine Image: The Invasion of "Barbarian" Tongues
  • Chapter 4. The Huns and the Bulgars: The Chinese Chapter
  • Chapter 5. The Mystery of the "White-Drake" Oracle: The Iranian Shadows
  • Chapter 6. Son of Heaven and Son of God
  • Chapter 7. Bai Juyi and Central Asia
  • Appendix. Turkic or Proto-Mongolian? A Note on the Tuoba Language
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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