Sources of Western Zhou History : Inscribed Bronze Vessels. by Shaughnessy, Edward L.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Proposed Chronology of the Western Zhou Dynasty; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRONZE INSCRIPTION STUDIES; CHAPTER 2 THE CASTING OF AN INSCRIBED BRONZE VESSEL, WITH REMARKS ON THE QUESTION OF AUTHENTICITY; CHAPTER 3 HOW TO READ A WESTERN ZHOU BRONZE INSCRIPTION; CHAPTER 4 THE PERIODIZATION OF INSCRIBED WESTERN ZHOU BRONZE VESSELS; CHAPTER 5 FURTHER HISTORIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING INSCRIBED WESTERN ZHOU BRONZE VESSELS; APPENDIX 1 Textual Notes to the Translation of the Inscription on the "Shi Qiang Pan."…”
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Ancient glass research along the Silk Road / editor-in-chief, Gan Fuxi ; co-editors, Robert Brill, Tian Shouyun.

Table of Contents: “…Faience beads of the western Zhou Dynasty excavated in Gansu Province, China: a technical study /…”
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The Routledge handbook of archaeology and globalization / edited by Tamar Hodos ; with Alexander Geurds [and six others]. by Hodos, Tamar, Geurds, Alexander, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Colonialism in the Time of Globalization: the Western Zhou Yan State Revisited /…”

Imprints of kinship : studies of recently discovered bronze inscriptions from ancient China / edited by Edward L. Shaughnessy.

Table of Contents: “…Shaughnessy -- The language of the bronze inscriptions / Wolfgang Behr -- Shang emblems in their archaeological context / Olivier Venture -- Inscribed bronzes, gift-giving and social networks in the early western Zhou : a case study of the Yan cemetery at Liulihe / Yan Sun -- The tombs of the rulers of Peng and relationships between Zhou and northern non-Zhou lineages (until the early ninth century B.C.) / Maria Khayutina -- Newest sources of western Zhou history : inscribed bronze vessels, 2000-2010 / Edward L. …”
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Women in Ancient China / Bret Hinsch. by Hinsch, Bret

Table of Contents: “…The myth of matriarchy -- Neolithic Era -- Shang Dynasty -- Western Zhou Era -- Eastern Zhou Era.…”
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Writing & literacy in early China : studies from the Columbia Early China Seminar / edited by Li Feng and David Prager Branner.

Table of Contents: “…Richter -- The royal audience and its reflections in western Zhou bronze inscriptions / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- Literacy and the social contexts of writing in the western Zhou / Li Feng -- Education and the way of the former kings / Constance A. …”
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Political Frontiers Ethnic Boundaries and Human Geographies in Chinese History. by Di Cosmo, Nicola, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; TABLE OF DYNASTIES; INTRODUCTION; 1 TOWARD A SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE ZHOUYUAN DURING THE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY; 2 MAPPING A "SPIRITUAL" LANDSCAPE; 3 ETHNICITY AND IDENTITY; 4 DEEP EYES AND HIGH NOSES; 5 RAIDING AND FRONTIER SOCIETY IN THE FIVE DYNASTIES; 6 "FELT YURTS NEATLY ARRAYED, LARGE TENTS HUDDLE CLOSE"; 7 THE INVENTION OF THE NORTHERN SONG; 8 THE MU'EGE KINGDOM; 9 TRAVELER'S VOCATION; 10 CHANGING SPACES OF EMPIRE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY QING CHINA; 11 KIRGHIZ NOMADS ON THE QING FRONTIER.…”
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Ancient states and infrastructural power : Europe, Asia, and America / edited by Clifford Ando and Seth Richardson.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : states and state power in antiquity / Clifford Ando -- Before things worked : a "low-power" model of early Mesopotamia / Seth Richardson -- Property claims and state formation in the archaic Greek world -- Emily Mackil -- Western Zhou despotism / Wang Haicheng -- The ambitions of government : territoriality and infrastructural power in ancient Rome / Clifford Ando -- Populist despotism and infrastructural power in the later Roman Empire / John Weisweiler -- Territorializing Iran in late antiquity : autocracy, aristocracy, and the infrastructure of Empire / Richard Payne -- Kinship and the performance of Inca despotic and infrastructural power / R. …”
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Traces of Grand Peace Classics and State Activism in Imperial China. by Song, Jaeyoon

Table of Contents: “…The Political Geography of the Western Zhou -- 12. The Fengjian System in the Zhouli -- 13. …”
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That wonderful composite called author : authorship in East Asian literatures from the beginnings to the seventeenth century / edited by Christian Schwermann and Raji C. Steineck.

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Chinese art treasures of the national palace museum / Lee & Lee Communications.

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Student Study Guide to the Ancient Chinese World by Kleeman, Terry

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Contents -- How to Use the Student Study Guides to The World in Ancient Times -- Graphic Organizers -- Important Vocabulary Words -- Introduction: The Creation of the Universe -- Chapter 1 Peking Man: Early Humans in China -- Chapter 2 "Surprise and Delight": The Discovery of China's First Culture -- Chapter 3 Longshan: China's First Civilization -- Chapter 4 Everybody Talks About the Weather: Agriculture and Oracles -- Chapter 5 Dragon Bones and Hidden Treasures: The Shang Court -- Chapter 6 "Heaven Is Brightly Awesome": The Western Zhou Era and the Mandate of Heaven -- Chapter 7 Who's in Charge? …”
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Intellectual History of China, Volume One : Knowledge, Thought, and Belief before the Seventh Century CE / by Ge Zhaoguang ; translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke. by Ge, Zhaoguang, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of Thought as Recorded in the Written Documents and Bronze Inscriptions of the Western Zhou; 4. Chinese Script and Chinese Intellectual History; 5. …”
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An outline of Chinese traditional philosophy / Li Cunshan ; translated by Chen Xia and Qin Feng. by Li, Cunshan

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; PART ONE: THE THEORY OF HEAVEN; Chapter 1: On the Origin of the World; Section I: Concepts of Yin-Yang, the Six Elements and Five Phases from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period; Section II: Laozhuang's Dao and Qi Concepts and Their Historical Extensions; Section Ill: The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius's Heaven of Morality; Section IV: Theories of Qi in Pre-Qin Period; Section V: Dong Zhongshu's Thoughts on ""Heaven"" and ""Yuan""; Section VI: The Theory of Yuan Qi in the Han Dynasty and Its Historical Extensions.…”
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