In the Wake of the Mongols - The Making of a New Social Order in North China, 1200-1600 (Paperback)

The Mongol conquest of north China between 1211 and 1234 inflicted terrible wartime destruction, wiping out more than one-third of the population and dismantling the existing social order. In the Wake of the Mongols recounts the riveting story of how northern Chinese men and women adapted to these trying circumstances and interacted with their alien Mongol conquerors to create a drastically new social order. To construct this story, the book uses a previously unknown source of inscriptions recorded on stone tablets. Jinping Wang explores a north China where Mongol patrons, Daoist priests, Buddhist monks, and sometimes single women-rather than Confucian gentry-exercised power and shaped events, a portrait that upends the conventional view of imperial Chinese society. Setting the stage by portraying the late Jin and closing by tracing the Mongol period's legacy during the Ming dynasty, she delineates the changing social dynamics over four centuries in the northern province of Shanxi, still a poorly understood region.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Release date:	August 2020
Authors:	Jinping Wang
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	368
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-24789-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > Local government policies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	0-674-24789-2
Barcode:	9780674247895

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