A new discussion of Song-era "urban culture".
When scholars talk about an ancient Chinese "urban culture," they distinguish between the "citizens" of the time with the citizen class of medieval Europe, but their emphasis is often still on identifying the "freedom" and "modernity" made possible by "urban culture." This article treats Song-era ur...
| Publicado en: | Chinese Studies in History Vol. 55; no. 1/2; pp. 69 - 90 |
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