"Dividing the Realm in Order to Govern" : : The Spatial Organization of the Song State / / Ruth Mostern

States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority. On more than a thousand occasions, the Song court founded, abolished, promot...

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Superior document:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 73
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : Harvard University Asia Center,, 2011.
Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2011.
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; 73.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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