The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, Sung China, 960–1279 AD, Part 2: 05 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521243300 ISBN 13: 9780521243308

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

This is the second of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty, which together provide a comprehensive history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279. With contributions from leading historians in the field, Volume 5, Part Two paints a complex portrait of a dynasty beset by problems and contradictions, but one which, despite its military and geopolitical weakness, was nevertheless economically powerful, culturally brilliant, socially fluid and the most populous of any empire in global history to that point. In this much anticipated addition to the series, the authors survey key themes across ten chapters, including government, economy, society, religion, and thought to provide an authoritative and topical treatment of a profound and significant period in Chinese history.

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Book Description:

The second of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty, providing a comprehensive history of China from the fall of the T'ang in 907 to the Mongol conquest of 1279. Authoritative, topical treatment of key economic, social, cultural and intellectual developments demonstrates the profound significance of this period in Chinese history.

About the Author:

John W. Chaffee is Distinguished Service Professor of History and Asian and Asian American Studies and directs the Institute for Asia and Asian Diaporas at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He received his B.A. from Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Thorny Gates of Learning in Sung China: A Social History of Examinations (1985, 1995), The Branches of Heaven: a History of the Sung Imperial Clan (1999) and co-editor of Neo-Confucian Education: The Formative Stage (1989). His book The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The History of a Maritime Asian Trade Diaspora, 750–1400 will be published by Cambridge University Press in 2018.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0521243300
• ISBN 13: 9780521243308
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 970
• Editor: Chaffee John W., Twitchett Denis