{"product_id":"state-power-in-china-900-1325-9780295744292","title":"State Power in China, 900-1325","description":"\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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Buckley Ebrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295744292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39949060767859,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_25b707df-02d4-466b-b0df-a754160b5900.jpg?v=1648475753","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/state-power-in-china-900-1325-9780295744292","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}