Author : Kwang-chih CHANG,Kwang-chih Chang
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780674029408
ART MYTH AND RITUAL P by Kwang-chih CHANG,Kwang-chih Chang Pdf
A leading scholar in the United States on Chinese archaeology challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient China. Questioning Marx's concept of an "Asiatic" mode of production, Wittfogel's "hydraulic hypothesis," and cultural-materialist theories on the importance of technology, K. C. Chang builds an impressive counterargument, one which ranges widely from recent archaeological discoveries to studies of mythology, ancient Chinese poetry, and the iconography of Shang food vessels.