Author(s): Victor B. Lieberman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 1984
Language: Chinese
Pages: 357
City: New Jersey
Cover
......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Abbreviations......Page 12
Transcriptions, Dates, Terms, and Notes......Page 14
Maps......Page 15
Introduction......Page 21
1. Decline and Restoration of the Toungoo Empire, C. 1580-1635......Page 33
Section One. The First Toungoo Empire......Page 34
Section Two. Restoration of the Toungoo Dynasty, 1597-1635......Page 64
2. The Structure of Government in the Restored Empire......Page 81
Section One. Administration in the Nuclear Zone......Page 83
Section Two. Administration in the Zone of Dependent Provinces......Page 131
Section Three. Administration in the Zone of Tributaries......Page 148
3. The Decline of Royal Authority in the Nuclear Zone, 1648-1752......Page 157
Section One. Growing Ministerial Autonomy, 1648-1714......Page 160
Section Two. Disorganization of the Royal Population, c. 1660-1714......Page 170
Section Three. Princely Dissidence to 1714......Page 199
Section Four. The Final Reigns......Page 203
4. Ava's Loss of Control over the Outer Zones, 1660-1752......Page 217
Section One. Pacification and Decline in the Tributary Zone......Page 218
Section Two. The Manipuri Threat......Page 225
Section Three. The Revolt of Lower Burma......Page 229
Section Four. The Role of Neighboring Empires......Page 242
5. Alaùng-Hpayá's Reintegration, 1752-1760......Page 247
Section One. The Foundation of Alaùng-hpayá's Power in Upper Burma......Page 248
Section Two. Destruction of the Peguan Kingdom, 1754-1757......Page 259
Section Three. Administrative Measures......Page 268
Section Four. The Final Campaigns, 1758-1760......Page 282
Conclusions and Analogies......Page 289
Appendix I. List of Toungoo and Early Κόn-baung Kings......Page 311
Appendix II. A Note on Major Sources......Page 312
Bibliography......Page 319
Index......Page 341
