Research Catalog

Title

The Cambridge history of ancient China : from the origins of civilization to 221 B.C. / edited by Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy.

Publication

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Loewe, Michael.
• Shaughnessy, Edward L., 1952-

Description

xxix, 1148 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.

Subjects

• China > History > To 221 B.C
• China > Civilization > To 221 B.C
• China > Antiquities

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 1033-1112) and index.

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.

Call Number

DS741.5

ISBN

0521470307

LCCN

97033203

OCLC

37361770

Title

The Cambridge history of ancient China : from the origins of civilization to 221 B.C. / edited by Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy.

Imprint

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1033-1112) and index.

Added Author

Loewe, Michael.

Shaughnessy, Edward L., 1952-

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR DS741.5 .C35 1999