Art of Being Governed - Everyday Politics in Late Imperial China

An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi explores the myriad ways that families fulfilled their obligations to provide a soldier to the a

About the author

Michael Szonyi is professor of Chinese history and director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University. His books include Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China and Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line.

Summary

An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi explores the myriad ways that families fulfilled their obligations to provide a soldier to the a

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"The Art of Being Governed will best be appreciated by an academic readership interested in Chinese and comparative history. The scholarship is deep and wide, the argumentation is convincing, and the writing clear and readily understood."---John W. Dardess, Canadian Journal of History

Product details

• Authors: Michael Szonyi, Szonyi Michael
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780691174518
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17451-8
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / Asia / China, Political structure & processes, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, Politics and government, Asian History, Black & Asian Studies, Early 17th century c 1600 to c 1650, Political structure and processes, Armed Conflict, Early 16th century c 1500 to c 1550