The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907-1279, Part 1 -

This volume on the Sung Dynasty (960-1279) and its precursors presents the political history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279. The Sung era witnessed the profound social, intellectual, and economic transformation of China.