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Ability and Difference in Early Modern China: A Mongol Family at the Ming Court

Ability and Difference in Early Modern China: A Mongol Family at the Ming Court - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:David RobinsonPublish date:9/11/2025Pages:298
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009602020ISBN-10:1009602020UPC:9781009602020Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AsiaBook Topic:ChinaSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCCG6CT25T
In 1405, a family left their home in the Mongolian steppe and moved to China. This daring decision, taken at a time of dramatic change in eastern Eurasia, paved the way for 250 years of unlikely success at the Ming court. Winning recognition for military skill and loyalty, the family later known as the Wu gained a coveted title of nobility and became members of the capital elite until the dynasty's collapse in 1644. By tracing the individual fortunes of a single family, David Robinson offers a fresh and accessible perspective on the inner workings of Ming bureaucracy. He explores how the early-modern world's most developed state sought to balance the often contradictory demands of securing ability and addressing difference, a challenge common to nearly all polities.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781009602020ISBN-10:1009602020UPC:9781009602020Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AsiaBook Topic:ChinaSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCCG6CT25T
Robinson, David: - David Robinson is Robert H. N. Ho Professor in Asian Studies and Professor of History at Colgate University and author of Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire: Alliance, Upheaval, and the Rise of a New East Asian Order (2024).
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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