Mongolian rule in China : local administration in the Yuan Dynasty / Elizabeth Endicott-West.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Endicott, Elizabeth, author.

Series:

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 29.

Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local government--China--History.

Local government.

China--History--Yuan dynasty, 1260-1368.

China.

China--Politics and government--1260-1368.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, [1989]

Summary:

The Mongolian Yuan dynasty, 1272-1368, is a short but interesting chapter in the long history of Sino-Mongolian relations. Faced with the challenge of governing a huge sedentary empire, the traditionally nomadic Mongols acceded to some Chinese institutional precedents, but, in large part, adhered to their own Inner Asian practices of staffing and administering the government apparatus.Yuan administrative documents provide information that permits a fairly accurate reconstruction of the day-to-day functioning of the local government bureaucracy. From these materials, Elizabeth Endicott-West has put together a detailed picture of the Mongols' methods of selecting local officials, the ethnic backgrounds of officials, and policy formation and implementation at the local level.

Contents:

Intro

MONGOLIAN RULE IN CHINA: Local Administration in the Yuan Dynasty

PREFACE

Contents

1 INTRODUCTION

2 THE TA-LU-HUA-CH'IH-EARLY HISTORY AND OFFICIAL DUTIES

3 THE TA-LU-HUA-CH'IH-APPOINTMENT TO OFFICE AND THE NATIONALITY QUESTION

4 THE TA-LU-HUA-CH'IH OF THE APPANAGES

5 YUAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY

Appendices

APPENDIX A: CHART OF YUAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

APPENDIX B: YUAN DOCUMENTS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

GLOSSARY

INDEX

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ISBN:

1-68417-005-2

OCLC:

597333180

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684170050 DOI