Cities of Aristocrats and Bureaucrats
Subtitle: The Development of Medieval Chinese Citiescapes
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780824819828
Subjects: Architecture; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 500 to c 1500; Social history; Medieval; City planning; Sociology; Asia - China; History: World; China; Sociology - Urban; Cities and towns, Medieval; History; Urbanization
Description: "This book provides an in-depth account of the process of transformation from the curfewed city of the Tang period to the open city of the Song. It analyses the multi-dimensional factors that gradually led to the development of an urban culture which in turn helped cement the trend towards the open city with its irregular layout and distinct urban tissue and silhouette."--BOOK JACKET.