China between empires [electronic resource] : the northern and southern dynasties / Mark Edward Lewis.
Series: History of imperial ChinaPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: 340 p. : ill., mapsISBN:- 9780674026056 (alk. paper)
- 0674026055 (alk. paper)
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- DS748.17 .L49 2009eb

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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.