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Cover 1 Half title 2 Series 3 The Jiankang Empire in Chinese and World History 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Preface 10 1 Introduction: The Invisible Empire 14 Section 1 Proto-ethnic Identities 52 Introduction 52 2 The Discourse of Ethnicity 58 3 Agriculture and Foodways 80 4 Vernacular Languages 95 Conclusion 115 Section 2 Political Culture 120 Introduction 120 5 Marking Territory: The Militarization of the Huai Frontier 124 6 Making Hierarchy: Garrison, Court, and the Structure of Jiankang Politics 153 7 Managing Prosperity: The Political Economy of a Commercial Empire 190 Conclusion 219 Section 3 Repertoires of Legitimation 222 Introduction 222 8 The Vernacular Repertoire 226 9 The Sinitic Repertoire 257 10 The Buddhist Repertoire, Part 1: The Era of Pluralist Patronage 282 11 The Buddhist Repertoire, Part 2: Jiankang as Theater State 308 Conclusion 337 12 Conclusion: Reorienting Chinese and World History 343 Appendix A: The Population of the Jiankang Empire 362 Appendix B: Migration 376 Appendix C: Geographic Distribution of Officeholding 384 Bibliography 392 Index 418

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Author

Andrew Chittick;

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction