By shedding light on a long-forgotten epigraphic genre called "genealogical steles" that flourished in North China during the Mongol Empire, or Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Genealogy and Status explores the ways the conquered Chinese people understood and represented the alien Mongol ruling principles and kinship through their own cultural tradition. Publisher: Harvard University Press Illustration(s): 4 photos, 9 color photos, 3 illus., 2 maps, 8 tables Number of pages: 388 Collection: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series Publication date: 2023 Dimensions: 159 x 238 x 33 Cover type: Hardback