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 and more, the authors show what drove the dynamics of state formation.
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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 and more, the authors show what drove the dynamics of state formation.
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New. 0715632248. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED-148 pages; 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches--A new approach, using new data, to the complex problem of how states came to form in China from the late Neolithic to the Bronze Age. --This important new study 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, ethno-history 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 1800-1400 BC. --TOC: 1. Early States: Theoretical Models and Applications * 2. Searching for the Early State in China: Erlitou * 3. The Natural Landscape: Resources and Transport Routes * 4. The Erlitou State: Centralization and Territorial Expansion * 5. Erligang State Centralization: The Core * 6. Erligang State Expansion: The Periphery * 7. The Political-Economic Landscape of Early States--with a bonus offer--