Military culture in imperial China / edited by Nicola Di Cosmo.
| Other author | Di Cosmo, Nicola, 1957- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. |
| Description | x, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Nicola Di Cosmo -- Law and the military in early China / Robin D.S. Yates -- Martial prognostication / Ralph D. Sawyer -- The Western Han army: organization, leadership, and operation / Michael Loewe -- The military culture of later Han / Rafe de Crespigny -- Military aspects of the War of the Eight Princes, 300-307 / Edward L. Dreyer -- Narrative maneuvers: the representation of battle in Tang historical writing / David A. Graff -- Tang military culture and its Inner Asian influences / Jonathan Karam Skaff -- Unsung men of war: acculturated embodiments of the martial ethos in the Song dynasty / Don J. Wyatt -- Wen and wu in elite cultural practices during the late Ming / Kathleen Ryor -- Mengzi's art of war: the Kangxi emperor reforms the Qing military examinations / S.R. Gilbert -- Writing from experience: personal records of war and disorder in Jiangnan during the Ming-Qing transition / Grace S. Fong -- Militarization of culture in eighteenth-century China / Joanna Waley-Cohen -- Military finance of the high Qing period: an overview / Yingcong Dai -- Coercion and commerce on two Chinese frontiers / Peter C. Perdue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-429) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008030546 |
| ISBN | 0674031091 |
| ISBN | 9780674031098 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | UA 835 .M55 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |