David C Johnson

The Medieval Chinese Oliogarchy (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Most modern scholars recognize that there were great differences between China's ruling elite in the middle and late traditional period; but until now there has been no serious effort to discover how the social elite was defined in medieval times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. September 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429726279
• Artikelnr.: 68440828

Autorenporträt

David G. Johnson, assistant professor of Chinese history at Columbia University, specializes in the social history of China between the Northern and Southern dynasties and the Sung. He is also director of Columbia's new undergraduate program in East Asian Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter I. Defining the Medieval Ruling Class: The Shih
Chapter II. Office and Status
Chapter III. Defining the Medieval Ruling Class: The Great Clans
Chapter IV. T'ang Genealogical Writings and Changes in the Status System
Chapter V. T'ang Lists of Great Families Discovered at Tun-huang
Location of Choronyms in T'ang Clan Lists (Map) Chapter VI. The Medieval Chinese Clan
Chapter VII. The Medieval Chinese Oligarchy