The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China by Timothy Brook, Dieter Kuhn

The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China

History of Imperial China #4

Timothy Brook, Dieter Kuhn

356 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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Just over a thousand years ago, the Song dynasty emerged as the most advanced civilization on earth. Within two centuries, China was home to nearly half of all humankind. In this concise history, we learn why the inventiveness of this era has been...

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