Lewis, Mark Edward, 1954-

China's cosmopolitan empire : the Tang dynasty / Tang dynasty Mark Edward Lewis. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009. - 356 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-340) and index.

The geography of the Tang empire -- The restored empire -- Warlords and monopolists in late Tang China -- Tang urban life -- Rural society -- Tang China and the outer world -- Kinship -- Religion -- Tang writing -- Conclusion: the tenth-century transition.

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