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The Oxford Handbook of Early China

Elizabeth Childs-Johnson editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:25th Mar '21

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The Oxford Handbook on 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. * R. Withers, CHOICE *
This handbook is unique.... [It] fills a niche for those needing a detailed focus on early Chinese civilization. * CHOICE *
Authoritative and multidisciplinary in scope, this landmark volume offers a comprehensive overview of the latest research trends, paradigms, and approaches in the study of early China, from the Neolithic era to the Warring States period. * International Convention of Asia Scholars Book Prize 2021, Accolades in the Humanities *

ISBN: 9780199328369

Dimensions: 254mm x 183mm x 36mm

Weight: 1379g

826 pages