Marriage, Kinship and Power in Northern China

This volume focuses on changing marriage practices and kinship structures in a setting of interaction between the ruling elites and their Chinese subjects. The collection covers three major themes: the unique adaptability of steppe society in the face of threats to its politcal dominance; the way shifts in inheritance procedure (including rights of office) induce a radical shif...

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This volume focuses on changing marriage practices and kinship structures in a setting of interaction between the ruling elites and their Chinese subjects. The collection covers three major themes: the unique adaptability of steppe society in the face of threats to its politcal dominance; the way shifts in inheritance procedure (including rights of office) induce a radical shift in attitudes to marriage as well as change in the parameters of kinship solidarity; and the enduring importance of affinal ties (connections through the mother, wife and sister) in Chinese society.

The making of an elite: local politics and social relations in northeastern China during the 5th century AD;
The economic foundations of virtue: widow-remarriage in early and modern China;
Observations on marriage and inheritance practices in early Mongol and Yuan society, with particular reference to the Levirate;
The harem in northern Wei politics, 398-498 AD;
Marriage, kinship and succession under the Ch'i-tan rulers of the Liao dynasty;
Family, marriage and political power in 6th-century China: a study of the Kao family of northern Ch'i, c. 520-550;
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The making of an elite: local politics and social relations in northeastern China during the 5th century AD;
The economic foundations of virtue: widow-remarriage in early and modern China;
Observations on marriage and inheritance practices in early Mongol and Yuan society, with particular reference to the Levirate;
The harem in northern Wei politics, 398-498 AD;
Marriage, kinship and succession under the Ch'i-tan rulers of the Liao dynasty;
Family, marriage and political power in 6th-century China: a study of the Kao family of northern Ch'i, c. 520-550;
Imperial Marriage in the native Chinese and non-Han state, Han to Ming;
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