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The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy
Nicolas Tackett
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Paperback. Historians have long been perplexed by the complete disappearance of the medieval Chinese aristocracy by the tenth century the great clans that had dominated China for centuries. Nicolas Tackett resolves the enigma of their disappearance using new, digital methodologies to analyze a dazzling array of sources." Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, 25 line illustrations, 16 maps, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 231 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.
Historians have long been perplexed by the complete disappearance of the medieval Chinese aristocracy by the tenth century--the great clans that had dominated China for centuries. In this book, Nicolas Tackett resolves the enigma of their disappearance, using new, digital methodologies to analyze a dazzling array of sources. Tackett systematically mines thousands of funerary biographies excavated in recent decades--most of them never before examined by scholars--while taking full advantage of the explanatory power of Geographic Information System (GIS) methods and social network analysis. Tackett supplements these analyses with extensive anecdotes culled from epitaphs, prose literature, ... Read more
Historians have long been perplexed by the complete disappearance of the medieval Chinese aristocracy by the tenth century--the great clans that had dominated China for centuries. In this book, Nicolas Tackett resolves the enigma of their disappearance, using new, digital methodologies to analyze a dazzling array of sources. Tackett systematically mines thousands of funerary biographies excavated in recent decades--most of them never before examined by scholars--while taking full advantage of the explanatory power of Geographic Information System (GIS) methods and social network analysis. Tackett supplements these analyses with extensive anecdotes culled from epitaphs, prose literature, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Condition
New
Weight
434g
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674970656
SKU
V9780674970656
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About Nicolas Tackett
Nicolas Tackett is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.
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