Title The origins of the Chinese nation : Song China and the forging of an East Asian world order / Nicolas Tackett, University of California, Berkeley

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017 ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 328 pages ): illustrations, maps Series Cambridge EBA Collection Contents Introduction -- Part I. Political space. Diplomacy and cosmopolitan sociability -- Military defense of the northern frontier -- Bilateral boundaries -- Part II. Cultural space. The Chinese nation -- Mortuary cultures across the Chinese-steppe divide -- Sinic space and Han Chinese -- Conclusion Summary "In this major new study, Nicolas Tackett proposes that the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) witnessed both the maturation of an East Asian inter-state system and the emergence of a new worldview and sense of Chinese identity among educated elites. These developments together had sweeping repercussions for the course of Chinese history, while also demonstrating that there has existed in world history a viable alternative to the modern system of nation-states. Utilizing a wide array of historical, literary, and archaeological sources, chapters focus on diplomatic sociability, cosmopolitan travel, military strategy, border demarcation, ethnic consciousness, and the cultural geography of Northeast Asia. In this ground-breaking new approach to the history of the East Asian inter-state system, Tackett argues for a concrete example of a premodern nationalism, explores the development of this nationalism, and treats modern nationalism as just one iteration of a phenomenon with a much longer history."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-317) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject Nationalism -- China -- History Civilization Diplomatic relations International relations Nationalism Song Dynasty (China) SUBJECT China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024066 China -- Foreign relations -- To 1644. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024026 China -- Civilization -- 960-1644. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023995 China -- Relations -- East Asia -- History East Asia -- Relations -- China -- History Subject China East Asia Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781108164917 1108164919 1108195334 9781108195331 1108186920 9781108186926

Other Titles Song China and the forging of an East Asian world order

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