Intro -- The Destruction of the Medieval Chinese Aristocracy -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Conventions -- Map of Tang China -- Introduction -- The Transformation of Medieval Elites -- Tomb Epitaphs as a Historical Source -- 1. The Bureaucratic Aristocracy of Medieval China -- Clan Lists and the Classification of the Great Clans -- The Demographic Expansion of the Medieval Aristocracy -- The Geographic Dispersal of Great Clan Descendants -- Bureaucratized Aristocrats -- Conclusion -- 2. The Geography of Power -- Localizing Elites -- Capital Elites
National Elites in the Provinces -- Other Elite Migratory Pathways -- Conclusion -- 3. The Capital Elite Marriage Network -- Reconstructing Patrilines -- Localizing Patrilines -- Geographic Distribution and Size of the Late Tang Political Elite -- The Social Landscape of the Capitals -- Marriage Networks and Social Capital -- Conclusion -- 4. The Late Tang Provinces -- The Late Tang Provincial System and the Hebei Autonomous Provinces -- Recentralization after the Xianzong Restoration -- The Tang Political Oligarchy and the Provinces -- Social Mobility in Provincial Governments
Provincial Cultures -- Conclusion -- 5. Huang Chao and the Destruction of the Medieval Aristocracy -- Chang'an under Huang Chao -- Devastation in Luoyang and the Provinces -- The Demise of the Tang Elite -- The Survivors and the New Structure of Power -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Guide to the Accompanying Database -- Appendix B: Estimating the Total Size of the Late Tang Capital Elite -- Appendix C: Sources of Ninth-Century Excavated Epitaphs -- Bibliography -- Personal Name Index -- General Index -- HARVARD-YENCHING INSTITUTE MONOGRAPH SERIES
