Ancient China : a history / John S. Major, Constance A. Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Major, John S., author.

Cook, Constance A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Social sciences.

China--History--To 221 B.C.

China.

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

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

"Ancient China: A History surveys the East Asian Heartland Region -- the geographical area that eventually became known as China -- from the Neolithic period through the Bronze Age, to the early imperial era of Qin and Han, up to the threshold of the medieval period in the third century CE. For most of that long span of time there was no such place as "China"; the vast and varied territory of the Heartland Region was home to many diverse cultures that only slowly coalesced, culturally, linguistically, and politically, to form the first recognizably Chinese empires. The field of Early China Studies is being revolutionized in our time by a wealth of archaeologically recovered texts and artefacts. Major and Cook draw on this exciting new evidence and a rich harvest of contemporary scholarship to present a leading-edge account of ancient China and its antecedents. With handy pedagogical features such as maps and illustrations, as well as an extensive list of recommendations for further reading, Ancient China: A History is an important resource for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Chinese History, and those studying Chinese Culture and Society more generally." -- Publisher's description

Contents:

Introduction to Ancient China

Geography, Climate, and the Physical Setting of Chinese History

The Neolithic Era and the Jade Age

The Early Bronze Age

The Shang Dynasty

The Western Zhou Period

The Spring and Autumn Period

The Warring States Period

The Rise and Fall of the Qin Dynasty

The Western Han Dynasty through the Reign of Emperor Wu

The Later Western Han and the Wang Mang Interregnum

The Han Restoration, the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms Period.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 19, 2016).

ISBN:

9781317503651

1317503651

9780765616005

0765616009

9781315715322

1315715325

OCLC:

960964584