Early Chinese civilization : anthropological perspectives / K. C. Chang.

By: Chang, Kwang-chih
Language: English Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1976.Description: xv, 229 p. ; 24 cm.
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Includes index. Contents: The beginnings of agriculture in the Far East. - -China toward urban life. - -Urbanism and the king in ancient China. - -Towns and cities in ancient China. - -The lineage system of the Shang and Chou Chinese and its political implications. - -Some dualistic phenomena in Shang society. - -Food and food vessels in ancient China. - -A classification of Shang and Chou myths. - -Changing relationships of man and animal in Shang and Chou myths and art.

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