Middle Imperial China, 900–1350 (New Approaches to Asian History) by Linda Walton ISBN B0C94RFB4H instant download

Middle Imperial China, 900–1350 (New Approaches to Asian History) by Linda Walton ISBN B0C94RFB4H instant download

In this highly readable and engaging work, Linda Walton presents a dynamic survey of China’s history from the tenth through the mid-fourteenth centuries from the founding of the Song dynasty through the Mongol conquest when Song China became part of the Mongol Empire and Marco Polo made his famous journey to the court of the Great Khan. Adopting a thematic approach, she highlights the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural changes and continuities of the period often conceptualized as “Middle Imperial China.” Themes are addressed that also inform scholarship on world history: religion, the state, the dynamics of empire, the transmission of knowledge, the formation of political elites, gender, and the family. Consistent coverage of peoples beyond the borders – Khitan, Tangut, Jurchen, and Mongol, among others – provides a broader East Asian context and a more regionally and globally integrated representation of China’s past.