Lewis, Mark Edward, 1954-

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

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.


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China--History--220-589.


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