State Power in China, 900-1325 by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Paul Jakov Smith
English | June 20th, 2016 | ISBN: 0295998105 | 375 pages | PDF | 8.89 MB
This collection provides new ways to understand how state power was exercised during the overlapping Liao, Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties. Through a set of case studies, State Power in China, 900-1325 examines large questions concerning dynastic legitimacy, factional strife, the relationship between the literati and the state, and the value of centralization.