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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.