Min Li

Social Memory and State Formation in Early China

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A thought-provoking book on the archaeology of power, knowledge, social memory, and the emergence of classical tradition in early China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1288g
• ISBN-13: 9781107141452
• ISBN-10: 1107141451
• Artikelnr.: 49780918

Autorenporträt

Li Min, an archaeologist of early China, is Associate Professor of East Asian Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
1. Wen Ding: gaging the weight of political power
2. Frames of reference: multiple classifications of space
3. Before the Central Plains: the pinnacle of Neolithic development
4. The Longshan transition: political experimentation and expanding horizons
5. The rise of the Luoyang Basin and the production of the first bronze Ding vessels
6. The rise of the Henei Basin and the limit of Shang hegemony
7. The rise of the Guanzhong Basin and the birth of history
8. The world of Yu's tracks: a blueprint for political experimentation
9. Conclusion: the emergence of the classical tradition
Bibliography
Index.