| Series |
Cambridge elements. Elements in the global Middle Ages
Cambridge elements. Elements in the global Middle Ages. ^A1440198
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| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. The transformation of the Tang frontier military -- 2. The Battle of Talas (751 CE) -- 3. The An Lushan Rebellion and its consequences -- 4. An anti-foreign (or anti-Sogdian) backlash? -- 5. The Uighur crisis and the Huichang persecution of 842-846 -- 6. Tang China and the making of the Sinographic sphere -- Conclusion: The fall of the Tang in East Asian history. |
| Abstract |
In recent decades, the Tang dynasty (618-907) has acquired a reputation as the most "cosmopolitan" period in Chinese history. The standard narrative also claims that this cosmopolitan openness faded after the An Lushan Rebellion of 755-63, to be replaced by xenophobic hostility toward all things foreign. This Element reassesses the cosmopolitanism-to-xenophobia narrative and presents a more empirically grounded and nuanced interpretation of the Tang empire's foreign relations after 755--back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [67]-75). |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781009397278 |
| ISBN | 9781009397254 |
| ISBN | 1009397257 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | ebook |
| ISBN | PDF ebook |
