Lewis, Mark Edward

China between empires the northern and southern dynasties / [electronic resource] : Mark Edward Lewis - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009 - 1 online resource (340 p.) : ill., maps - History of imperial China . - History of imperial China. .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-324) and index

The geography of the north and south China -- The rise of the great families -- Military dynasticism -- Urban transformation -- Rural life -- China and the outer world -- Redefining kinship -- Daoism and Buddhism -- Writing.


Mode of access: Internet

9780674040151 (electronic bk.) 0674040155 (electronic bk.)


China--History--220-589