{"product_id":"middle-imperial-china-900-1350-a-new-history-hardback-9781108420686","title":"Middle Imperial China, 900–1350; A New History (Hardback) 9781108420686","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMiddle Imperial China, 900–1350\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA New History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA highly readable and engaging survey of China's history from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLinda Walton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108420686, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e484 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.809 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Pedagogically well-conceived for classroom use, this authoritative text surveys and synthesizes the past century of scholarship on the politics, economies, religions, and cultures of all the Sinitic and non-Sinitic societies of continental East Asia that predated the emergence of modern China – an essential book for the serious student of China's history.' Charles Hartman, The University of Albany\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Middle Imperial China in East Asian and world History\u003cbr\u003e 1. The turbulent tenth century: transforming the East Asian world\u003cbr\u003e 2. Song in a multipolar world\u003cbr\u003e 3. Schooling, state, and society in song and Jin\u003cbr\u003e 4. An economic revolution?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Cities and urban life\u003cbr\u003e 6. Religious transformations\u003cbr\u003e 7. Ways of knowing: learning and knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 8. The arts of culture\u003cbr\u003e 9. Gendered and generational lives: women, men, children and families\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mapping the built and natural environment\u003cbr\u003e 11. Sustaining life and healing bodies: food and medicine\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Mongol Yuan dynasty in China\u003cbr\u003e 13. Yuan China in the Mongol Eurasian Empire.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266261602584,"sku":"9781108420686","price":79.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108420686i_00a43a47-daa8-48d4-bee1-0bed659a0ebe.jpg?v=1696754078","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/middle-imperial-china-900-1350-a-new-history-hardback-9781108420686","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}