Format:
Online-Ressource (xxix, 776 p)
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digital, PDF file
Edition:
Online-Ausg. c2008 Cambridge histories online
ISBN:
9781139054744
Content:
This volume deals with four non-Chinese regimes: the Khitan dynasty of Liao; the Tangut state of Hsi Hsia; the Jurchen empire of Chin; and the Mongolian Yuan dynasty that eventually engulfed the whole of China. It investigates the historical background from which these regimes emerged and shows how each in its own way set up viable institutions for the control of a multi-racial, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural population. It discusses these problems not just as a long negative episode in China's history, but shows the ingenuity and adaptability of these states, and their success in achieving political and social stability. The volume presents the fullest chronological account of the period, in which political, institutional, social, and economic changes are integrated as far as possible, and sees the period against a broad background of international relations in Northern and Central Asia
Content:
The Liao / Denis Twitchett and Klaus-Peter Tietze -- The Hsi Hsia / Ruth Dunnel -- The Chin dynasty / Herbert Franke -- The rise of the Mongolian empire and Mongolian rule in north China / Thomas Allsen -- The reign of Khubilai khan / Morris Rossabi -- Mid-Yüan politics / Hsiao Ch'i-Ch'ing -- Shun-ti and the end of Yüan rule in China / John Dardess -- The Yüan government and society / Elizabeth Endicott-West -- Chinese society under Mongol rule, 1215-1368 / Frederick W. Mote. rule, 1949-1982
Note:
Title from PDF title page (viewed on 10 July, 2009)
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Includes bibliographical references
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0511467435
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511467431
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521243315
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521243315
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