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The Origins of the Chinese Nation - Song China and the Forging of an East Asian World Order (Hardcover): Nicolas Tackett The Origins of the Chinese Nation - Song China and the Forging of an East Asian World Order (Hardcover)
Nicolas Tackett
R3,006 Discovery Miles 30 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this major new study, Nicolas Tackett proposes that the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) witnessed both the maturation of an East Asian inter-state system and the emergence of a new worldview and sense of Chinese identity among educated elites. These developments together had sweeping repercussions for the course of Chinese history, while also demonstrating that there has existed in world history a viable alternative to the modern system of nation-states. Utilising a wide array of historical, literary, and archaeological sources, chapters focus on diplomatic sociability, cosmopolitan travel, military strategy, border demarcation, ethnic consciousness, and the cultural geography of Northeast Asia. In this ground breaking new approach to the history of the East Asian inter-state system, Tackett argues for a concrete example of a pre-modern nationalism, explores the development of this nationalism, and treats modern nationalism as just one iteration of a phenomenon with a much longer history.

The Origins of the Chinese Nation - Song China and the Forging of an East Asian World Order (Paperback): Nicolas Tackett The Origins of the Chinese Nation - Song China and the Forging of an East Asian World Order (Paperback)
Nicolas Tackett
R1,057 Discovery Miles 10 570 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this major new study, Nicolas Tackett proposes that the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) witnessed both the maturation of an East Asian inter-state system and the emergence of a new worldview and sense of Chinese identity among educated elites. These developments together had sweeping repercussions for the course of Chinese history, while also demonstrating that there has existed in world history a viable alternative to the modern system of nation-states. Utilising a wide array of historical, literary, and archaeological sources, chapters focus on diplomatic sociability, cosmopolitan travel, military strategy, border demarcation, ethnic consciousness, and the cultural geography of Northeast Asia. In this ground breaking new approach to the history of the East Asian inter-state system, Tackett argues for a concrete example of a pre-modern nationalism, explores the development of this nationalism, and treats modern nationalism as just one iteration of a phenomenon with a much longer history.

The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy (Paperback): Nicolas Tackett The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy (Paperback)
Nicolas Tackett
R637 R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Save R38 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Historians have long been perplexed by the complete disappearance of the medieval Chinese aristocracy by the tenth century-the "great clans" that had dominated China for centuries. In this book, Nicolas Tackett resolves the enigma of their disappearance, using new, digital methodologies to analyze a dazzling array of sources. Tackett systematically mines thousands of funerary biographies excavated in recent decades-most of them never before examined by scholars-while taking full advantage of the explanatory power of Geographic Information System (GIS) methods and social network analysis. Tackett supplements these analyses with extensive anecdotes culled from epitaphs, prose literature, and poetry, bringing to life women and men who lived a millennium in the past. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy demonstrates that the great Tang aristocratic families adapted to the social, economic, and institutional transformations of the seventh and eighth centuries far more successfully than previously believed. Their political influence collapsed only after a large number were killed during three decades of extreme violence following Huang Chao's sack of the capital cities in 880 CE.

The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy (Hardcover): Nicolas Tackett The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy (Hardcover)
Nicolas Tackett
R1,196 R1,098 Discovery Miles 10 980 Save R98 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Historians have long been perplexed by the complete disappearance of the medieval Chinese aristocracy by the tenth century-the "great clans" that had dominated China for centuries. In this book, Nicolas Tackett resolves the enigma of their disappearance, using new, digital methodologies to analyze a dazzling array of sources. Tackett systematically mines thousands of funerary biographies excavated in recent decades-most of them never before examined by scholars-while taking full advantage of the explanatory power of Geographic Information System (GIS) methods and social network analysis. Tackett supplements these analyses with extensive anecdotes culled from epitaphs, prose literature, and poetry, bringing to life women and men who lived a millennium in the past. The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy demonstrates that the great Tang aristocratic families adapted to the social, economic, and institutional transformations of the seventh and eighth centuries far more successfully than previously believed. Their political influence collapsed only after a large number were killed during three decades of extreme violence following Huang Chao's sack of the capital cities in 880 CE.

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