Lewis, Mark Edward <br/><br/>
China between empires  the northern and southern dynasties 
Mark Edward Lewis. 
 - Cambridge, Mass.  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press  2009 
 - 340 p. 
 - History of imperial China. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-324) and index. 
<br/><br/>The geography of the north and south China -- The rise of the great families -- Military dynasticism -- Urban transformation -- Rural life -- China and the outer world -- Redefining kinship -- Daoism and Buddhism -- Writing. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674026056  0674026055 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History -- Northern and Southern Dynasties -- Liu Chao