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State Power in China, 900-1325 (Hardcover)
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State Power in China, 900-1325 (Hardcover)
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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. How was state power
exercised? Why did factional strife periodically become ferocious?
Which problems did reformers seek to address? Could subordinate
groups resist the state? How did politics shape the sources that
survive? The nine essays in this volume explore key elements of
state power, ranging from armies, taxes, and imperial patronage to
factional struggles, officials' personal networks, and ways to
secure control of conquered territory. Drawing on new sources,
research methods, and historical perspectives, the contributors
illuminate the institutional side of state power while confronting
evidence of instability and change-of ways to gain, lose, or
exercise power.
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