China between empires : the northern and southern dynasties / Mark Edward Lewis.

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.

340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

The geography of the north and south China -- The rise of the great families -- Military dynasticism -- Urban transformation -- Rural life -- China and the outer world -- Redefining kinship -- Daoism and Buddhism -- Writing.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-324) and index.