The Khan and the unicorn : Mongol Empire and Qing knowledge in the making of world history / Matthew W. Mosca.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mosca, Matthew W., Author.

Series:

Harvard East Asian monographs ; http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/7ab51126-5348-38cb-d8fb-2385125aef2f 486.

Harvard East Asian monograph series ; 486

Language:

Chinese

English

Manchu

Mongolian

Subjects (All):

Genghis Khan, 1162-1227.

Genghis Khan.

Yelü, Chucai, 1190-1244.

Yelü, Chucai.

Mongols--History.

Mongols.

Multilingualism--China--History.

Multilingualism.

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.

China.

Mongolia--History.

Mongolia.

China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912--Historiography.

Mongolia--Historiography.

Multilingualism--History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 453 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.

illustrations.

Distribution:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Distributed by Harvard University Press

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2026.

Language Note:

English; words and phrases in Chinese, Manchu and Mongolian.

Summary:

"The Mongol Empire changed the world, but early chronicles of its conquests, written from regional perspectives and widely dispersed, could not convey its far-reaching significance. The Khan and the Unicorn details how historians from different cultures collectively rediscovered their common past and transformed the scattered records of Chinggis Khan's conquests into world history. Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, as new empires competed for control of Eurasian lands once ruled by the Mongols, historians encountered a wealth of unfamiliar materials previously unknown to them. Aided by methodological innovations, they created more coherent and multifaceted accounts of Mongol power. Drawing on sources in Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian, and European languages, Matthew Mosca tracks this process of rediscovery from the vantage of Beijing. The Qing court led the transformation by assigning multilingual staff to integrate historical information into pioneering studies. Mosca reconstructs the emergence of a knowledge circuit linking Beijing to other scholarly centers, notably Paris, St. Petersburg, and Tokyo. As conflicting appraisals of the Mongol Empire came into contact, debates flared over how to interpret the collision of nomadic and sedentary societies, often cast as a clash between civilization and barbarism. Whether valorized or villainized, Mongol imperial power came to be recognized as a driving force in world history."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Mosca, Matthew W. Khan and the unicorn

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780674303454

0674303458

OCLC:

1523031427

Publisher Number:

CIPO000355591