Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy
Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780674970656
Subjects: China, history; Elite (social sciences); Power (social sciences); Social change; Adjustment (psychology); China, social life and customs; China, social conditions; Aristocracy (social class)
Description: "Tackett resolves the enigma of the complete disappearance by the tenth century of the medieval Chinese aristocracy, analyzing a dazzling array of sources to demonstrate that the great Tang aristocratic families were far more successful than previously believed in adapting to the many transformations of the seventh and eighth centuries"--