| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 1148 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Cambridge histories online
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| Contents |
Calendar and chronology / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- Environment of ancient China / David N. Keightley -- China on the eve of the historical period / Kwang-chih Chang -- Language and writing / William G. Boltz -- Shang archaeology / Robert Bagley -- Shang : China's first historical dynasty / David N. Keightley -- Western Zhou history / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- Western Zhou archaeology / Jessica Rawson -- Waning of the Bronze Age : material culture and social developments, 770-481 B.C. / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- Spring and autumn period / Cho-yun Hsu -- Warring states : political history / Mark Edward Lewis -- Art and architecture of the warring states period / Wu Hung -- Classical philosophical writings / David Shepherd Nivision -- Warring states natural philosophy and occult thought / Donald Harper -- Northern frontier in pre-imperial China / Nicola Di Cosmo -- Heritage left to the empires / Michael Loewe |
| Summary |
Provides a survey of the cultural history of pre-imperial China. Features articles by specialists on early Chinese history and archaeology with two chapters for each time-period, Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States, one on institutional history, based on both traditional and palaeographic literature, and one on material culture, based on archaeological evidence. Also includes chapters on the Neolithic background, language, intellectual history, relations with Central Asia, and the debts of both the Qin and Han empires to these earlier time-periods |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 1033-1112) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Antiquities.
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Civilization.
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Prehistorie.
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Archéologie -- Chine.
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- To 221 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024033
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China -- Civilization -- To 221 B.C.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023993
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China -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023988
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China -- history -- To 221 B.C |
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China.
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China
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China.
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Chine -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C.
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Chine -- Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C.
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Chine -- Antiquités.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Loewe, Michael
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Shaughnessy, Edward L., 1952-
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| ISBN |
9781139053709 |
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1139053701 |
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9780511467363 |
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0511467362 |
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9781139053709 |
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