Publication

1980 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

104,250 words, Guess

Page Count

417 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC931
  • LCCDS744 .C383
  • LCCDS723

Description

The Shang Dynasty 1523-1027 BC The Shang is the earliest Chinese dynasty for which we have written evidence.

Description

"Up to now, however, this splendid civilization [the Shang civilization of ancient China] has been known only in fragments. In this century specialists have been preoccupied with research on specific data,while the excavation of new finds continues. In Shang Civilization, Kwang-chih Chang constructs a picture of the culture as a whole from the jigsaw pices of archaeological and textual evidence. Chang treats extensively the following topics: the origins and development of Shang civilization; state government and the capital at An-yang; economic, kingship, clan, and lineage systems; the social context of its art and religion; the question of chronology; and the significance of the Shang in the ancient world and in evolutionary perspecitve."

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