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    The Oxford Handbook of Early China by Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth;

    Series: Oxford Handbooks;

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    Product details:

    • Publisher OUP USA
    • Date of Publication 23 April 2025

    • ISBN 9780197805534
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages828 pages
    • Size 247x173x51 mm
    • Weight 1370 g
    • Language English
    • 725

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    Short description:

    A chronological and interdisciplinary study of early China from the Neolithic through Warring States periods (ca 5000-500BCE).

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    Long description:

    The Oxford Handbook of Early China brings 30 scholars together to cover early China from the Neolithic through Warring States periods (ca 5000-500BCE). The study is chronological and incorporates a multidisciplinary approach, covering topics from archaeology, anthropology, art history, architecture, music, and metallurgy, to literature, religion, paleography, cosmology, religion, prehistory, and history.

    In focusing on early Chinese civilization, this handbook is unique ... The Oxford Handbook of Early China fills a niche for those needing a detailed focus on early Chinese civilization.

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    Table of Contents:

    List of Contributors
    SECTION I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
    Introduction and Background to The Oxford Handbook on Early China
    Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
    SECTION II NEOLITHIC FARMERS, CERAMICS, AND JADE
    1. The Neolithic Revolution in the North ca. 7/6000-2000 bce: Xinglongwa, Xinlei, Yangshao, Hongshan, and Related Cultures (Inequality/Social Complexity) in Neolithic Northern China
    Andrew Womack, Yale University
    2. The Neolithic Revolution in the South, ca. 7/6000-2000 bce, Majiabang, Hemudu, Daxi, and Songze Cultures
    Xiangming Fang, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
    3. The Neolithic Jade Revolution in Northeast China
    Chung Tang, Shandong University, Mana Hayashi Tang, Washington University in St. Louis, Guoxiang Liu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS and Yadi Wen, Southern University of Science and Technology
    4. The Jade Age Revisited, ca. 3500-2000 bce
    Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
    5. Liangzhu Culture and the Ancient City of Liangzhu
    Bin Liu, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
    6. Longshan Culture Issues: Taosi and Cosmology
    Nu He, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
    SECTION III FIRST DYNASTY OF THE BRONZE AGE: XIA PERIOD
    7. Introduction to the Xia Period: Definitions, Themes, and Debate
    Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
    8. Settlements, Buildings, and Society of the Erlitou Culture
    Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, and Xiang Li, University of Pittsburgh
    9. The Bronze-Casting Revolution and the Ritual Vessel Set
    Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, and Xiang Li, University of Pittsburgh
    10. The Spread of Erlitou yazhang to South China and the Origin and Dispersal of Early Political States
    Chung Tang, Shandong University and Fang Wang, Jinsha Site Museum
    SECTION IV THE FIRST HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: THE SHANG PERIOD
    11. The Cultural and Historical Setting of the Shang
    Jonathan Smith, Christopher Newport University, with Yuzhou Fan, Nanjing University
    12. Early and Middle Shang Periods
    Guoding Song, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
    13. Shang Belief and Art
    Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
    14. Shang Bronze-Casting Technology and Metallurgy Issues
    Changping Zhang, Wuhan University
    15. Late Shang Ritual and Residential Architecture at Great City Shang, Yinxu in Anyang, Henan
    Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
    16. Late Shang: Fu Zi [Fu Hao] and M5 at Xiaotun
    Dingyun Cao, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
    SECTION V THE SECOND HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: THE WESTERN ZHOU PERIOD
    17. Western Zhou Cultural and Historic Setting
    Maria Khayutina, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
    18. Western Zhou Government and Society
    Paul Nicholas Vogt, Indiana University
    19. Western Zhou Rites and Mortuary Practice (Inscriptions and Texts)
    Constance A. Cook, Lehigh University
    20. Bronze Vessels: Style, Assemblages, and Innovations of the Western Zhou Period
    Yan Sun, Gettysburg College
    21. Bells and Music in the Zhou
    Scott Cook, Yale-NUS College
    SECTION VI THE THIRD HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: SPRINGS AND AUTUMNS PERIOD
    22. Historical Background during the Springs and Autumns Period
    Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    23. Historiography, Thought, and Intellectual Development during the Springs and Autumns Period
    Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    24. Cultures and Styles of Art during the Springs and Autumns Period
    Xiaolong Wu, Hanover College
    SECTION VII THE IRON AGE-WARRING STATES PERIOD
    25. The Warring States Period: Historical Background
    Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    26. Iron Technology and Its Regional Development during the Eastern Zhou Period
    Wengcheong Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong
    27. Institutional Reforms and Reformers during the Warring States Period
    Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    28. Change and Continuity at the Intersection of Received History and the Material Record during the Warring States Period
    Charles Sanft, University of Tennessee
    29. The Army, Wars, and Military Arts during the Warring States Period
    Albert Galvany, The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
    30. The Shi, Diplomats, and Urban Expansion during the Warring States Period
    Andrew Meyer, Brooklyn College
    31. Confucius, Mencius, and Their Daoist-Legalist Critics
    Moss Roberts, New York University
    32. Mozi
    Vincent S. Leung, Lingnan University
    33. Mohism and the Evolving Notion of Jian Ai
    Carine Defoort, University of Leuven
    34. Chu Religion and Art
    John S. Major, Independent Scholar, and Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
    35. The Artistic Revolution in the Warring States Period
    Jie Shi, Bryn Mawr College
    Index

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