Description:
Urban Life and Intellectual Crisis in Middle-Period China, 800-1100 reveals the central place of urban life in the history of the eleventh century. Important developments in literary innovation and monetary policy, in canonical exegesis and civil engineering, in financial reform and public health, converge in this book.
Review Quotes: Honourable Mention for the Joseph Levenson Prize (China, pre-1900) at the AAS 2024 Book Awards
"This is a challenging and significant book that should have a lasting impact on middle period scholarship."- Hugh Clark, Journal of Chinese History, Cambridge University Press (2023)