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The Kongs of Qufu
The Descendants of Confucius in Late Imperial China
Drawing on archival materials, Agnew reveals how a kinship group used genealogical privilege to shape Chinese social and economic history. The Kongs' power under a hereditary dukedom enabled them to oversee agricultural labor, dominate rural markets, and profit from commercial enterprises.
About the Author
Reviews
"Agnew's book is impressive in its chronological and thematic scope, and he makes persuasive arguments about economic, political, and social factors thatshaped the history of the Kong ducal establishment."—Journal of Chinese Studies
Endorsements
"Christopher Agnew delivers a cast of extraordinary characters and a litany of compelling stories in this study of China's most notable lineage. The Kong family's millennium-long quest to establish or "invent" a noble ancestry, and to use that construct to exert territorial control is by no means typical of Chinese kinship organizations. Yet Agnew merges that family experience with the institutional history of late-imperial China to provide us with remarkable new insights into the vagaries and processes of both regional and state power."—James Flath, Department of History, Western University
"This is a meticulously documented social history. Professor Agnew shows how the Kongs deployed their considerable social, economic, political and cultural capital to sustain their estates in western Shandong for over 700 years. The book will appeal to anyone in early modern or modern history concerned about the Kong family or the state."—R. Kent Guy, Department of History, University of Washington
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256 | |
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