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16%OFFNicolas Tackett - The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series) - 9780674492059 - V9780674492059
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The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series)

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Description for The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy (Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series) Hardcover. Using the new tools of GIS and social network analysis, Nicolas Tackett shows that the great Tang aristocratic families were more successful than previously believed in adapting to social and economic changes in the seventh and eighth centuries. Tang political influence waned only after many of them were killed during the three decades after 880. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: HBJF; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.

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, and poetry, bringing to ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
Series
Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674492059
SKU
V9780674492059
Shipping Time
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About Nicolas Tackett
Nicolas Tackett is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.

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