In the wake of the Mongols : the making of a new social order in north China, 1200-1600 /

Recounts the riveting story of the Mongol conquest of north China, which inflicted terrible wartime destruction, and how the northern Chinese adapted to changed circumstances and interacted with their conquerors to create a drastically new social order. Delineates the region's changing social d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wang, Jinping, 1979- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2018]
Series:Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 116.
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Table of Contents:
  • Yuan Haowen and the degree-holder society in the Jin dynasty
  • The Quanzhen Daoist order and postwar social reconstruction, 1234-1281
  • The Buddhist order, political clout, and kinship relations
  • Clergy, irrigation associations, and the rural socioeconomic order
  • Continuity and change in local dominance in the Ming dynasty.