The Cambridge history of China. Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 B.C.-A.D. 220 / edited by Denis Twitchett and Michael Loewe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Twitchett, Denis Crispin, editor.

Loewe, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--History--Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.

China.

China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xli, 981 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Summary:

This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the establishment of the Ch'in empire in 221 BC and ends with the abdication of the last Han emperor in AD 220. Spanning four centuries, this period witnessed major evolutionary changes in almost every aspect of China's development, being particularly notable for the emergence and growth of a centralized administration and imperial government. Leading historians from Asia, Europe, and America have contributed chapters that convey a realistic impression of significant political, economic, intellectual, religious, and social developments, and of the contacts that the Chinese made with other peoples at this time. As the book is intended for the general reader as well as the specialist, technical details are given in both Chinese terms and English equivalents. References lead to primary sources and their translations and to secondary writings in European languages as well as Chinese and Japanese.

Contents:

Introduction / Michael Loewe

The state and empire of Ch'in / Derk Bodde

The Former Han dynasty / Michael Loewe

Wang Mang, the restoration of the Han dynasty, and Later Han / Hans Bielenstein

The conduct of government and the issues at stake (A.D. 57-167) / Michael Loewe

The fall of Han / B.J. Mansvelt Beck

Han foreign relations / Yü Ying-shih

The structure and practice of government / Michael Loewe

The institutions of Later Han / Hans Bielenstein

Ch'in and Han law / A.F.P. Hulsewé

The economic and social history of Former Han / Nishijima Sadao

The economic and social history of Later Han / Patricia Ebrey

The religious and intellectual background / Michael Loewe

The concept of sovereignty / Michael Loewe

The development of the Confucian schools / Robert P. Kramers

Confucian, Legalist and Taoist thought in Later Han / Ch'en Ch'i-yün

Philosophy and religion from Han to Sui / Paul Demiéville

Postscript to chapter 16 / Timothy Barrett.

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ISBN:

9781139054737 (ebook)

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