Screen LibraryLate Tang China and the world, 750-907 CE /
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...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge : |
| Publication Dates: | 2023. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge elements. Elements in the global Middle Ages,
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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. |
| Carrier Form: | 75 pages : color maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [67]-75). |
| ISBN: |
9781009397254 1009397257 |
| Index Number: | DS749 |
| CLC: | K242.4 |
| Call Number: | K242.4/Y227 |
| 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. |