1st Edition
China during the Tang-Song Interregnum, 878–978 New Approaches to the Southern Kingdoms
By Hugh Clark
Copyright 2021
140 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
140 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
140 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book challenges the long-established structure of Chinese history around dynasties, adopting a more "organic" approach which emphasises cultural and economic trends that transcend arbitrary dynastic boundaries. It argues that with the collapse of the Tang court and northern control over the holistic empire in the last decades of the ninth century, the now-autonomous kingdoms that filled the... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Semi-Colonization Under the Tang: Setting the Stage for the Independent South 3. Politics in the Age of Division: North South Relations and Interstate Negotiation 4. The Economies of the South 5. The Social and Cultural Initiatives of the South 6. Steps Toward Restoration of the Holistic Empire 7. The Legacy of the Interregnum 8. Conclusions: The Holistic Legacy
Biography
Hugh R. Clark is Professor Emeritus of History and East Asian Studies at Ursinus College, Pennsylvania
