The Cambridge History of Ancient China
From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC
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- Michael Loewe, University of Cambridge
- Edward L. Shaughnessy, University of Chicago
- Date Published: March 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521470308
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The Cambridge History of Ancient China provides a survey of the cultural, intellectual, political, and institutional developments of the pre-imperial period. The four subperiods of Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States, are described on the basis of literary and material sources and the evidence of recently found manuscripts. Chapters on the prehistoric background, the growth of language, and relations with the peoples of Central Asia provide the major context of China's achievements in the 1,500 years under review. The teachings of China's early masters are set alongside what is known of the methods of astonomers, physicians and diviners. A final chapter leads the reader forward to imperial times, as described in the volumes of The Cambridge History of China.
Read more- Integrates historical and archaeological evidence and viewpoints
- Comprehensive account of pre-imperial China
- Written by leading Western scholars on pre-imperial China
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"This volume presents informative summaries of major periods and topics with meticulous attention to the evidence. The discussions of sources, sites, and artifacts will be invaluable to present and future students, who will also be grateful for the illustrations and Chinese characters included in the text." Choice
See more reviews"It is indeed a daunting task to review this hefty volume consisting of fourteen chapters by specialists in their respective fields and no summary can do justice to its contents. Read it." Susan Bush, Early Medieval China
"...everyone who studies early China will want access to this book." Religious Studies Review
"...is a necessary reference work for students of Chinese history, if they read only those well-researched and carefully written chapters." Historian
"...almost everyone interested in ancient China will find something to reward them within its cover." American Historical Review
"...a necessary reference work for students of chinese history." The Historian
"This is an informative book full of important insights...The successful combination in this volume of these two approaches deserves to be emulated in studies on later periods. This volume is truly an impressive monument--a monument consisting almost exclusively of texts." China Review International
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- Date Published: March 1999
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521470308
- length: 1182 pages
- dimensions: 231 x 163 x 71 mm
- weight: 1.68kg
- contains: 222 b/w illus. 18 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
List of maps, tables, and figures
Conventions
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy
Calendar and chronology Edward L. Shaughnessy
The environment of ancient China David N. Keightley
1. China on the eve of the historical period Kwang-chih Chang
2. Language and writing William G. Boltz
3. Shang archaeology Robert Bagley
4. The Shang: China's first historical dynasty David N. Keightley
5. Western Zhou history Edward L. Shaughnessy
6. Western Zhou archaeology Jessica Rawson
7. The waning of the Bronze Age: material culture and social developments, 770–481 BC Lothar von Falkenhausen
8. The Spring and Autumn period Cho-yun Hsu
9. Warring States: the political history Mark Edward Lewis
10. The art and architecture of the Warring States period Wu Hung
11. The classical philosophical writings David Sheperd Nivison
12. Warring states: natural philosophy and occult thought Donald Harper
13. The Northern Frontier in pre-Imperial China Nicola Di Cosmo
14. The heritage left to the Empires Michael Loewe
Bibliography
Index.
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