'Dividing the Realm in Order to Govern': The Spatial Organization of the Song State (960-1276 Ce)

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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, promoted, demoted, and reordered jurisdictions in an attempt to maximize the effectiveness of limited resources in a climate of shifting priorities, to placate...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674056027

ISBN13:9780674056022

Release Date:May 2011

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:396 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.4" x 9.0"

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