{"product_id":"state-power-in-china-900-1325-patricia-buckley-ebrey-9780295998107","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?\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Buckley Ebrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295998105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295998107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Patricia Buckley Ebrey","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064817889535,"sku":"9780295998107","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6515903c-db7e-42b1-9e68-acfb143cd18b.jpg?v=1768671230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/state-power-in-china-900-1325-patricia-buckley-ebrey-9780295998107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}