Shang civilization

by Chang, Kwang-chih

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Title Statements

Full title :Shang civilization / Kwang-zhi Zhang.

Summary

"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."

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1980.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Yale University Press
Place of Publication:New Haven
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1980.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 417 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0300024282, 9780300024289, 0300028857, 9780300028850
oclc:ocm05310792
LC Classification:DS744
Dewey Decimal:931

Pt. 1. The Shang society from An-yang: An-yang and the royal capital -- Natural and economic resources -- The Shang dynasty and its ruling apparatus -- Economy and the political order of the state -- Pt. 2. Shang history beyond An-yang: Cheng-chou -- Shang archaeology outside An-yang and Cheng-chou -- General issues concerning the Shang civilization

Subjects

1766-1122 B.C Antiquities China China -- Antigüedades China -- Antiquities China -- History -- Shang dynasty, 1766… Chine -- Antiquités Chine -- Histoire -- 1766-1122 av. J.-C… Geschichte 1800 v. Chr.-1100 v. Chr History Kultur Shang Dynasty (China)