Harvard University Press, Date: 2011. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2011. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674060350 9780674060357 [US]

Paperback / softback. New. After the collapse of the Han dynasty, China divided along a north-south line. Lewis traces the changes that underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw China's geographic redefinition, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, literary and social developments, and the introduction of new religions. ISBN 0674060350 9780674060357 [GB]

Belknap Pr, Date: 2011. Paperback. New. 352 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. 2011. Belknap Pr ISBN 0674060350 9780674060357 [GB]

ISBN10: 0674060350, ISBN13: 9780674060357, [publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.] Softcover Paperback. After the collapse of the Han dynasty in the third century CE, China divided along a north-south line. Mark Lewis traces the changes that both underlay and resulted from this split in a period that saw the geographic redefinition of China, more engagement with the outside world, significant changes to family life, developments in the literary and social arenas, and the introduction of new religions.The Yangzi River valley arose as the rice-producing center of the country. Literature moved beyond the court and capital to depict local culture, and newly emerging social spaces included the garden, temple, salon, and country villa. The growth of self-defined genteel families expanded the notion of the elite, moving it away from the traditional great Han families identified mostly by material wealth. Trailing the rebel movements that toppled the Han, the new faiths of Daoism and Buddhism altered every aspect of life, including the state, kinship structures, and the economy.By the time China was reunited by the Sui dynasty in 589 ce, the elite had been drawn into the state order, and imperial power had assumed a more transcendent nature. The Chinese were incorporated into a new world system in which they exchanged goods and ideas with states that shared a common Buddhist religion. The centuries between the Han and the Tang thus had a profound and ...
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Cambridge, Mass. |London Harvard University Press 2011 Paperback New in new dust jacket.

ISBN10: 0674060350, ISBN13: 9780674060357, [publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint Of Harvard University Press] Softcover First Edition First Edition thus. China Between Empires by Mark Edward Lewis. Published by Belknap Press: An Imprint Of Harvard University Press in 2011. Paperback ISBN:9780674060357. Collectible item in very fine condition.
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