Writing and the Ancient State - Early China in Comparative Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Wang Haicheng is an assistant professor in the School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle. His research centers on the art and archaeology of ancient China and the comparative study of early civilizations. Recent and forthcoming publications include a book chapter on the material record of the Erligang civilization, a chapter on urbanization and writing in The Cambridge World History, and papers on calligraphy and the archaeology of agency. He has lectured widely in the United States and China. Klappentext Writing and the Ancient State is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states. Zusammenfassung Writing and the Ancient State: Early China in Comparative Perspective is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states. It explores the early development of writing and its relationship to the growth of political structures in the concrete settings of six regions - Mesopotamia! Egypt! the Maya lowlands! Central Mexico! the Andes! and China. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Writing and the Legitimation of the State: History as King List: 1. The Near East and the Americas; 2. China; Part II. Writing and the Wealth of the State: People and Land, Census and Land Register: 3. The Near East and the Americas; 4. China; Part III. Writing and the Perpetuation of the State: Scribal Education, Lexical Lists, and Literature: 5. The Near East and the Americas; 6. China; Part IV. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Wang Haicheng, Haicheng Wang, Haicheng (University of Washington) Wang
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2014
• EAN: 9781107028128
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02812-8
• No. of pages: 427
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology, East Asia, Far East, Ancient History, Asian History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Palaeography (History Of Writing), BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory