Li, Feng,    1962- <br/><br/>
Early China :  a social and cultural history / 
Li Feng, Columbia University. 
 - xxi, 346 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - New approaches to Asian history .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : early China and its natural and cultural demarcations -- The development of complex society in China -- Erlitou and Erligang : early states expansion -- Anyang and beyond : shang and contemporary bronze cultures -- Cracking the secret bones : literacy and society in late Shang? -- The inscribed history : western Zhou state and its bronze vessels -- The creation of paradigm : Zhou bureaucracy and social institutions -- Hegemons and warriors : social transformation of the spring and autumn period (770 bc-481 BC) -- The age of territorial states : warring states politics and institutions -- Philosophers as statesmen : in light of recently discovered texts -- The Qin unification and Qin empire : who were the terra-cotta warriors? -- Expansion and political transition of the Han empire -- State and society: bureaucracy and social orders under the Han empire -- Ideological changes and their reflections in han culture and han art. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521719810 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2013-008431 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China -- History -- To 221 B.C.<br/>China -- History -- Shang dynasty, 1766-1122 B.C.<br/>China -- History -- Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C.<br/>China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.<br/>China -- History -- Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>931  / FEN [Shelf 80 ]