Middle Imperial China, 900-1350 - A New History

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.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Walton, Linda (Portland State University) Walton, Walton Linda
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2023
• EAN: 9781108430753
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43075-3
• No. of pages: 484
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; New Approaches to Asian History
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, HISTORY / Asia / China, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Asian History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, 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, Early 14th century c 1300 to c 1350