Wind Against the Mountain: The Crisis of Politics and Culture in Thirteenth-Century China

by Richard L. Davis

Richard Davis has expertly crafted a stirring narrative of the last years of Song, focusing on loyalist resistance to Mongol domination as more than just a political event. Davis convincingly argues that Song martyrs were dying for more than dynasty alone: martyrdom can be linked to other powerfully compelling symbols as well. Seen from the perspective of the conquered, the phenomenon of martyrdom reveals much about the cultural history of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674953576
• ISBN13: 9780674953574
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"