China's Cosmopolitan Empire - The Tang Dynasty

Informationen zum Autor Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Chinese Culture at Stanford University. Klappentext The Tang dynasty is often called Chinäs ¿golden age.¿ Mark Lewis captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule, painting and ceramic arts flourished, women played a major role both as rulers and in the economy, and China produced its finest lyric poets in Wang Wei, Li Bo, and Du Fu. Zusammenfassung The Tang dynasty is often called China’s “golden age.” Mark Lewis captures a dynamic era in which the empire reached its greatest geographical extent under Chinese rule, painting and ceramic arts flourished, women played a major role both as rulers and in the economy, and China produced its finest lyric poets in Wang Wei, Li Bo, and Du Fu. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction * The Geography of Empire * From Foundation to Rebellion * Warlords and Monopolists * Urban Life * Rural Society * The Outer World * Kinship * Religion * Writing * Conclusion * Dates and Dynasties * Pronunciation Guide * Notes * Bibliography * Acknowledgments * Index

Product details

• Authors: Mark Edward Lewis
• Assisted by: Timothy Brook (Editor)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2012
• EAN: 9780674064010
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06401-0
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: History of Imperial China; History of Imperial China; History of Imperial China (HUP)
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Asiatische Geschichte, History, Abendländische Philosophie: Aufklärung, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Rationalism, History - General History, HISTORY / Asia / China, RELIGION / Confucianism, CE period up to c 1500, Asian History, c 500 to c 1000 CE