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Capital cities and urban form in pre-modern China : Luoyang, 1038 BCE to 938 CE / Victor Cunrui Xiong.
Van Pelt Library DS797.44.L84 X56 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Xiong, Victor Cunrui, author.
- Series:
- Asian states and empires ; 13.
- Asian states and empires ; 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Luoyang (Henan Sheng, China)--History.
- Luoyang (Henan Sheng, China).
- Luoyang (Henan Sheng, China)--Politics and government.
- Henan Sheng (China)--Capital and capitol--History.
- Henan Sheng (China).
- Capitals (Cities).
- Politics and government.
- China--Henan Sheng.
- China--Luoyang (Henan Sheng).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 299 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor& Francis Group, 2017.
- Summary:
- Luoyang, situated in present-day Henan province, was one of the great urban centres of pre-Qin and early imperial China, the favoured site for dynastic capitals for almost two millennia. This book, the first in any Western language on the subject, traces the rise and fall of the six different capital cities in the region which served eleven different dynasties from the Western Zhou dynasty, when the first capital city made its appearance in Luoyang, to the great Tang dynasty, when Luoyang experienced a golden age. It examines the political histories of these cities, explores continuity and change in urban form with a particular focus on city layouts and landmark buildings, and discusses the roles of religions, especially Buddhism, and illustrious city residents. Overall the book provides an accessible survey of a broad sweep of premodern Chinese urban history. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Genesis: from Luoyi to Wangcheng
- Easter Han Luoyang: the Imperial capital
- Towards a national metropolis: Cao-Wei and Western Jin Luoyang
- Rebirth and destruction: Northern Wei Luoyang
- The Sui eastern capital
- Tang Luoyang I: a historical perspective
- Tang Luoyang II: physical characteristics ; Appendix to chapter 7: controversial Tang Luoyang ward names
- Tang Luoyang III: the inhabitants
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-281) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138648142
- 1138648140
- OCLC:
- 936349744
- Publisher Number:
- 99969654376
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