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Mostern, Ruth 1967-

"Dividing the realm in order to govern" the spatial organization of the Song state (960-1276 CE) Ruth Mostern - Cambridge Harvard University Asia Center 2011 - xix, 370 p ill., maps 24 cm - Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 73. .

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

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.

ISBN: 9780674056022 (acidfree paper) 0674056027 (acidfree paper)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History -- Song -- Spatial behavior -- Political aspects
History -- Song -- Human territoriality
History -- Song -- Imperialism
History -- Song -- Social change
History -- Song -- Political geography