Elizabeth Childs-Johnson

Oxford Handbook of Early China

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 826
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1577g
• ISBN-13: 9780199328369
• ISBN-10: 0199328366
• Artikelnr.: 59965662

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Childs-Johnson works on early Chinese art, archaeology, and paleography. Her major research interests include mapping a Jade Age and Shang Bronze Age in early China.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Contributors
* SECTION I INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
* Introduction and Background to The Oxford Handbook on Early China
* Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
* SECTION II NEOLITHIC FARMERS, CERAMICS, AND JADE
* 1. The Neolithic Revolution in the North ca. 7/6000-2000 bce:
Xinglongwa, Xinlei, Yangshao, Hongshan, and Related Cultures
(Inequality/Social Complexity) in Neolithic Northern China
* Andrew Womack, Yale University
* 2. The Neolithic Revolution in the South, ca. 7/6000-2000 bce,
Majiabang, Hemudu, Daxi, and Songze Cultures
* Xiangming Fang, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and
Archaeology
* 3. The Neolithic Jade Revolution in Northeast China
* Chung Tang, Shandong University, Mana Hayashi Tang, Washington
University in St. Louis, Guoxiang Liu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
and Yadi Wen, Southern University of Science and Technology
* 4. The Jade Age Revisited, ca. 3500-2000 bce
* Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
* 5. Liangzhu Culture and the Ancient City of Liangzhu
* Bin Liu, Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and
Archaeology
* 6. Longshan Culture Issues: Taosi and Cosmology
* Nu He, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
* SECTION III FIRST DYNASTY OF THE BRONZE AGE: XIA PERIOD
* 7. Introduction to the Xia Period: Definitions, Themes, and Debate
* Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
* 8. Settlements, Buildings, and Society of the Erlitou Culture
* Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, and Xiang Li, University of
Pittsburgh
* 9. The Bronze-Casting Revolution and the Ritual Vessel Set
* Hong Xu, Institute of Archaeology, CASS, and Xiang Li, University of
Pittsburgh
* 10. The Spread of Erlitou yazhang to South China and the Origin and
Dispersal of Early Political States
* Chung Tang, Shandong University and Fang Wang, Jinsha Site Museum
* SECTION IV THE FIRST HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: THE SHANG PERIOD
* 11. The Cultural and Historical Setting of the Shang
* Jonathan Smith, Christopher Newport University, with Yuzhou Fan,
Nanjing University
* 12. Early and Middle Shang Periods
* Guoding Song, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
* 13. Shang Belief and Art
* Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
* 14. Shang Bronze-Casting Technology and Metallurgy Issues
* Changping Zhang, Wuhan University
* 15. Late Shang Ritual and Residential Architecture at Great City
Shang, Yinxu in Anyang, Henan
* Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old Dominion University
* 16. Late Shang: Fu Zi [Fu Hao] and M5 at Xiaotun
* Dingyun Cao, Institute of Archaeology, CASS
* SECTION V THE SECOND HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: THE WESTERN ZHOU
PERIOD
* 17. Western Zhou Cultural and Historic Setting
* Maria Khayutina, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
* 18. Western Zhou Government and Society
* Paul Nicholas Vogt, Indiana University
* 19. Western Zhou Rites and Mortuary Practice (Inscriptions and Texts)
* Constance A. Cook, Lehigh University
* 20. Bronze Vessels: Style, Assemblages, and Innovations of the
Western Zhou Period
* Yan Sun, Gettysburg College
* 21. Bells and Music in the Zhou
* Scott Cook, Yale-NUS College
* SECTION VI THE THIRD HEIGHT OF THE BRONZE AGE: SPRINGS AND AUTUMNS
PERIOD
* 22. Historical Background during the Springs and Autumns Period
* Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* 23. Historiography, Thought, and Intellectual Development during the
Springs and Autumns Period
* Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* 24. Cultures and Styles of Art during the Springs and Autumns Period
* Xiaolong Wu, Hanover College
* SECTION VII THE IRON AGE-WARRING STATES PERIOD
* 25. The Warring States Period: Historical Background
* Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* 26. Iron Technology and Its Regional Development during the Eastern
Zhou Period
* Wengcheong Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong
* 27. Institutional Reforms and Reformers during the Warring States
Period
* Yuri Pines, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* 28. Change and Continuity at the Intersection of Received History and
the Material Record during the Warring States Period
* Charles Sanft, University of Tennessee
* 29. The Army, Wars, and Military Arts during the Warring States
Period
* Albert Galvany, The University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU
* 30. The Shi, Diplomats, and Urban Expansion during the Warring States
Period
* Andrew Meyer, Brooklyn College
* 31. Confucius, Mencius, and Their Daoist-Legalist Critics
* Moss Roberts, New York University
* 32. Mozi
* Vincent S. Leung, Lingnan University
* 33. Mohism and the Evolving Notion of Jian Ai
* Carine Defoort, University of Leuven
* 34. Chu Religion and Art
* John S. Major, Independent Scholar, and Elizabeth Childs-Johnson, Old
Dominion University
* 35. The Artistic Revolution in the Warring States Period
* Jie Shi, Bryn Mawr College
* Index