{"product_id":"the-mongol-century-shane-mccausland-9780824851453","title":"The Mongol Century: Visual Cultures of Yuan China, 1271-1368","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Mongol Century explores the visual world of China's Yuan dynasty (1271-1368), the spectacular but relatively short-lived regime founded by Khubilai Khan, regarded as the pre-eminent khanate of the Mongol empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book illuminates the Yuan era - full of conflicts and complex interactions between Mongol power and Chinese heritage - by delving into the visual history of its culture, considering how Mongol governance and values imposed a new order on China's culture and how a sedentary, agrarian China posed specific challenges to the Mongols' militarist and nomadic lifestyle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShane McCausland explores how an unusual range of expectations and pressures were placed on Yuan culture: the idea that visual culture could create cohesion across a diverse yet hierarchical society, while balancing Mongol desires for novelty and display with Chinese concerns about posterity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough in recent years exhibitions have begun to open up the inherent paradoxes of Yuan culture, this is the first book in English to adopt a comprehensive approach. It incorporates a broad range of visual media of the East Asia region to reconsider the impact Mongol culture had in China, from urban architecture and design to tomb murals and porcelain, and from calligraphy and printed paper money to stone sculpture. Fresh and invigorating, The Mongol Century explores, in fascinating detail, the visual culture of this brief but captivating era of East Asian history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shane McCausland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0824851455\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780824851453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Hawaii Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.80w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2015","brand":"Shane McCausland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45896491139327,"sku":"9780824851453","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ce5c012f-78e9-47a5-b0f3-7c5dfd38e642.jpg?v=1721371545","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-mongol-century-shane-mccausland-9780824851453","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}