Dividing the realm in order to govern : : the spatial organization of the Song state (960-1276 CE) / / 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-Yenching Institute Monograph Series ; 73 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2011] 2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;
73. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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