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Negotiated Power: The State, Elites, and Local Governance in Twelfth- to Fourteenth-Century China (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
Sukhee Lee
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Hardcover. Sukhee Lee posits an alternative understanding of the relationship between the state and social elites during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties. Challenging the assumption of a zero-sum competition between the powers of the state and of local elites, Lee shows that state power and local elite interests were mutually constitutive and reinforcing. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: HBJF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
The internal dynamics driving the relationship between the state and local society during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties has both captivated and baffled scholars. In this book, Sukhee Lee posits an alternative understanding of the relationship between the state and social elites in the middle period of Chinese imperial history. Directly challenging the assumption of a zero-sum competition between the power of the state and that of local elites, Negotiated Power shows in vivid detail how state power and local elite interests were mutually constitutive and reinforcing. It was precisely the connectedness of social elites to the state, as ... Read more
The internal dynamics driving the relationship between the state and local society during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties has both captivated and baffled scholars. In this book, Sukhee Lee posits an alternative understanding of the relationship between the state and social elites in the middle period of Chinese imperial history. Directly challenging the assumption of a zero-sum competition between the power of the state and that of local elites, Negotiated Power shows in vivid detail how state power and local elite interests were mutually constitutive and reinforcing. It was precisely the connectedness of social elites to the state, as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
Series
Harvard East Asian Monographs
Number of Pages
362
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780674417144
SKU
V9780674417144
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About Sukhee Lee
Sukhee Lee is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.
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