Imperial Governance in Yuan Times
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10972547 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Endicott-West (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 523 |
| Publication date | 1986-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0073-0548 • E-ISSN: 1944-6454 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2719142 |
| OpenAlex | W2519303359 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
M /rONGOLIAN rule in China in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries has often been characterized as contributing directly to the development of a strong autocratic tradition in late imperial China. In the spirit of critically examining certain basic assumptions that continue to dominate the field of Yuan history, this article will address the question of the Mongols' role in the building of such an autocratic tradition. One theory in particular has influenced much historical writing on the Yuan: Karl A. Wittfogel's theory of oriental despotism.' In the attempt to establish the existence of a peculiarly non-Western system of despotic power, Wittfogel's analysis, as others have noted, remains on a very high level of abstraction; that is to say, it is essentially ahistorical.2 In fact, Wittfogel's approach to the question
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The reign of Khubilai khan
Mid-Yüan politics
The Chin dynasty
The rise of the Mongolian empire and Mongolian rule in north China
The Yüan government and society
The Hsi Hsia
Chinese society under Mongol rule, 1215–1368
The Liao
Shun-ti and the end of Yüan rule in China
The Cambridge History of China
New Light on Early Mongol Islamisation
Is this city yours or mine?” Political Sovereignty and Eurasian Urban Centers in the Ninth through Twelfth Centuries
Empire, droits et citoyenneté, de 212 à 1946
| Citations per year | 0.41 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2017 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |