State Power in China, 900-1325

"All the essays included in this volume are of a high scholarly caliber and are from different disciplines—art history, literary studies, institutional history, political thought, and social history. State Power in China is about how political power is constructed, propagated, channeled, contested, exercised, and formulated."—Peter Bol, author of "Reconceptualizing the Order of Things in Northern and Southern Sung," in the Cambridge History of China vol. 5, part 2

"This marvelous collection provides a wealth of new perspectives on the role of the state in China between the tenth and fourteenth centuries. From the court to the periphery, from the emperor to the lowliest soldier, the nine important essays elucidate the connections that bound state and society together, and expose the forces of disintegration that constantly threatened social and political order. State Power in China is a must-read not only for students of the Song, but also for anyone interested in state-society relations in Chinese history."—Beverly Bossler, editor of Gender and Chinese History