The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tackett, Nicolas
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : BRILL, 2014.
Series:	Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law Ser.
Subjects:	Elite (Social sciences) > China. Elite (Social sciences) China
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

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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