Continuing the argument developed in the author’s previous book, this exhaustively researched study describes the humiliation of the Chinese gentry at the hands of the statist Oboi regents in the 1660s and the Kangxi emperor’s self-declared Confucian sagehood in the 1670s, which effectively trumped the gentry’s claim to sovereignty.
Cuprins
1. The Dorgon Regency, 1644-1650 2. The Shunzhi Emperor, 1651-1661 3. The Oboi Regency, 1661-1669 4. The Kangxi Emperor, 1669-1699 Epilogue: The Meaning of the Ming-Qing TransitionDespre autor
Harry Miller is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Alabama, USA. He is the author ofState versus Gentry in Late Ming Dynasty China, 1572-1644 (2009).
Limba Engleză ● Format PDF ● Pagini 174 ● ISBN 9781137334060 ● Mărime fișier 2.1 MB ● Editura Palgrave Macmillan US ● Oraș New York ● Țară US ● Publicat 2013 ● Descărcabil 24 luni ● Valută EUR ● ID 2763900 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor DRM social