Cities of Aristocrats and Bureaucrats: The Development of Medieval Chinese Citiescapes

By Chye Kiang Heng and Heng Chye Kiang

Describes and examines the structures of the capital cities and major urban centers from the Sui to the Northern Song period. It also provides an in-depth account of the process of transformation from the curfew controlled city of the Tang period to the open city of the Song.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824819829
• ISBN13: 9780824819828
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.0" x 7.3"