Powerful Relations - Kinship, Status, and the State in Sung China (960–1279)

About the author

Beverly Bossler is Professor of History at the University of California, Davis.

Summary

The realignment of the social order that occurred over the course of the Sung dynasty set the pattern for Chinese society over most of the later imperial era. Bossler examines that realignment from the perspective of specific families, using data on Sung elites—grand councilors who led the bureaucracy and locally prominent gentlemen in Wu-chou.

Product details

• Authors: Beverly Bossler, Beverly Jo Bossler
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.04.1998
• EAN: 9780674695924
• ISBN: 978-0-674-69592-4
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Illustrations: 8 line drawings, 1 map, 1 table
• Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series; Harvard-Yenching Institute Mon; Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph (HUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Asia / China, CE period up to c 1500, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE