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State Formation in Early China

Li Liu author Xingcan Chen author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:23rd Oct '03

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A study that makes use of an interdisciplinary approach to challenge traditional theories of state formation in China and promote debate on early Chinese history. Analyzing data from archaeology, geology, cultural geography, ethnohistory and ancient texts, the authors show how the procurement of key external resources - especially metal and salt - drove the dynamics of state formation in early China in the period of 1800-1400BC.

ISBN: 9780715632246

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm

Weight: 227g

190 pages