Middle Imperial China, 900–1350
A New History
In this highly readable and engaging survey of China's history from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries, Linda Walton presents a framework for understanding both changes and continuities. While stressing China's Eurasian setting, she also addresses significant themes of world history, including gender, empire, the state, and religion.
In this highly readable and engaging work, Linda Walton presents a dynamic survey of China's history from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries from the founding of the Song dynasty through the Mongol conquest when Song China became part of the Mongol Empire and Marco Polo made his famous journey to the court of the Great Khan. Adopting a thematic approach, she highlights the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural changes and continuities of the period often conceptualized as 'Middle Imperial China'. Particular emphasis is given to themes that inform scholarship on world history: religion, the state, the dynamics of empire, the transmission of knowledge, the formation of political elites, gender, and the family. Consistent coverage of peoples beyond the borders - Khitan, Tangut, Jurchen, and Mongol, among others - provides a broader East Asian context and introduces a more nuanced, integrated representation of China's past.
| Autor: | Walton Linda |
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| ISBN: | 9781108430753 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Cambridge Academic |
| Veröffentlicht: | 03.08.2023 |
| Untertitel: | A New History |
| Schlagworte: | 10th century, c 900 to c 999 11th century, c 1000 to c 1099 12th century, c 1100 to c 1199 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299 Asian History C 500 CE To C 1000 CE China Early 14th century c 1300 to c 1350 Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 HISTORY / Asia / China c 1000 CE to c 1500 |
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