UID:
almahu_9948022226502882
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 957 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781139193061 (ebook)
Content:
This is the second of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty, which together provide a comprehensive history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279. With contributions from leading historians in the field, Volume 5, Part Two paints a complex portrait of a dynasty beset by problems and contradictions, but one which, despite its military and geopolitical weakness, was nevertheless economically powerful, culturally brilliant, socially fluid and the most populous of any empire in global history to that point. In this much anticipated addition to the series, the authors survey key themes across ten chapters, including government, economy, society, religion, and thought to provide an authoritative and topical treatment of a profound and significant period in Chinese history.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2016).
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Sung government and politics / Charles Hartman -- The Sung fiscal administration / Peter J. Golas -- A history of the Sung military / Wang Tseng-Yü -- Chinese law and legal system : five dynasties and Sung / Brian McKnight -- Sung education : schools, academics, and examinations / John W, Chaffee -- Economic change in China, 960-1279 / Joseph P. McDermott and Shiba Yoshinobu -- China's emerge as a maritime power / Angela Schottenhammer -- Sung society and social change / Robert Hymes -- Reconceptualizing the order of things in Northern and Southern Sung / Peter K. Bol -- The rise of the Tao-Hsüeh Confucian fellows in Southern Sung / Hoyt Cleveland Tillman.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521243308
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHO9781139193061
