{"product_id":"state-power-in-china-900-1325-paperback","title":"State Power in China, 900-1325 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia Buckley Ebrey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul Jakov Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003eState Power in China, 900-1325\u003c\/i\u003e 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePatricia Buckley Ebrey\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at the University of Washington. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAccumulating Culture: The Collections of Emperor Huizong\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003ePaul Jakov Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Haverford College. He is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Song-Yuan-Ming Transition in Chinese History\u003c\/i\u003e. The other contributors are Elad Alyagon, Song Chen, Charles Hartman, Li Huarui, Tracy Miller, Jaeyoon Song, and Cong Ellen Zhang\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47291990638841,"sku":"9780295744292","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KxnjQrKPY99780295744292.webp?v=1769167161","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/state-power-in-china-900-1325-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}