Cities of Aristocrats and Bureaucrats

Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1999. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Octavo in green boards, gilt titles to spine; 240 pp: photographs, illustrations, maps (b&w); 26 cm Fine; a very clean and tight copy. No jacket. Hardcover. ISBN: 0824819829

"This book provides an in-depth account of the process of transformation from the curfewed city of the Tang period to the open city of the Song. It analyses the multi-dimensional factors that gradually led to the development of an urban culture which in turn helped cement the trend towards the open city with its irregular layout and distinct urban tissue and silhouette."--JacketContents: The Tang City. The transition. Attempted return to urban control. The song cityscape. The open city. A new urban paradigm. .