The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, the Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907-1279, Part 1

This first of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty (960-1279) and its Five Dynasties and Southern Kingdoms precursors presents the political history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279. Its twelve chapters survey the personalities and events that marked the rise, consolidation, and demise of the Sung polity during an era of profound social, economic, and intellectual ferment. The authors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521812488
• ISBN13: 9780521812481
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 1128 Pages
• Weight: 3.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"