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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778165003321

Autore

Lewis Mark Edward <1954->

Titolo

China between empires [[electronic resource] ] : the northern and southern dynasties / / Mark Edward Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-26540-8

0-674-04015-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

History of imperial China

Disciplina

931/.04

Soggetti

HISTORY / Asia / China

China History 220-589

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. This book traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, developments in the literary and social arenas, and the introduction of new religions.