Sui-Tang Chang'an: A Study in the Urban History of Late Medieval China
Department
Medieval Studies
Document Type
Book
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Description
Chang'an was the most important city in early imperial China, yet this is the first comprehensive study of the Sui-Tang capital in the English language. Following a background sketch of the earlier Han dynasty Chang'an and an analysis of the canonical and geomantic bases of the layout of the Sui-Tang capital, this volume focuses on the essential components of the city--its palaces, central and local administrative quarters, ritual centers, marketplaces, residential wards, and monasteries. Based on careful textual and archaeological research, this volume gives a sense of why Sui-Tang Chang'an was considered the most spectacular metropolis of its age.
Victor C. Xiong is Associate Professor of Asian History and Chair of East Asian Studies, Western Michigan University. He has written several articles on the urban, cultural, and socioeconomic history of early imperial China, with special focus on the Sui-Tang period.
Call number in WMU's library
DS796.S55 X56 2000
ISBN
978-0892641376
Publication Date
7-25-2000
Publisher
Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan
City
Ann Arbor
Disciplines
Asian History | Medieval History
Citation for published book
Xiong, V. (2000). Sui-Tang Changʻan = [Sui Tʻang Chʻang-an] : A study in the urban history of medieval China / Victor Cunrui Xiong. (1st ed.).
Recommended Citation
Xiong, Victor, "Sui-Tang Chang'an: A Study in the Urban History of Late Medieval China" (2000). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 549.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/549