"Dividing the realm in order to govern" : the spatial organization of the Song state (960-1276 CE) / Ruth Mostern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mostern, Ruth, 1967-

Series:

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 73.

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 73

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authority.

History.

Political geography.

Geography.

Power (Social sciences).

Social change.

Imperialism--Social aspects.

Imperialism.

Human territoriality.

Spatial behavior.

China--Politics and government--960-1279.

China.

Politics and government.

Spatial behavior--Political aspects--China--History--To 1500.

Human territoriality--Political aspects--China--History--To 1500.

Imperialism--Social aspects--China--History--To 1500.

Social change--China--History--To 1500.

Power (Social sciences)--China--History--To 1500.

China--Geography.

Political geography--History--To 1500.

Authority--History--To 1500.

China--History--Song dynasty, 960-1279.

Physical Description:

xix, 370 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center, [2011]

Contents:

Prologue

pt. 1. The meaning of territory

The political economy of spatial change in imperial China

The spatial organization of state power in Song China

Following the tracks of Yu : depictions of imperial territory

pt. 2. The history of territory

"Strengthen the trunk and weaken the branches" : the fall and rise of the territorial state (750-1005)

"Enrich the state and let the people prosper" : spatial organization in China's long eleventh century (1005-1127)

The end of the middle-period spatial cycle (1127-1368)

Appendix: The digital gazetteer of Song China / Ruth Mostern with Elijah Meeks.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-342) and index.

ISBN:

9780674056022

0674056027

OCLC:

555658463