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Writing and the Ancient State: Early China in Comparative Perspective
Haicheng Wang
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Description for Writing and the Ancient State: Early China in Comparative Perspective
hardcover. Writing and the Ancient State is a comparative study of the use of writing to create and maintain order in early states. Num Pages: 427 pages, 69 b/w illus. 26 colour illus. 15 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; HBJF; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 188 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Writing and the Ancient State explores the early development of writing and its relationship to the growth of political structures. The first part of the book focuses on the contribution of writing to the state's legitimating project. The second part deals with the state's use of writing in administration, analyzing both textual and archaeological evidence to reconstruct how the state used bookkeeping to allocate land, police its people, and extract taxes from them. The third part focuses on education, the state's system for replenishing its staff of scribe-officials. The first half of each part surveys evidence from Mesopotamia, Egypt, the ... Read more
Writing and the Ancient State explores the early development of writing and its relationship to the growth of political structures. The first part of the book focuses on the contribution of writing to the state's legitimating project. The second part deals with the state's use of writing in administration, analyzing both textual and archaeological evidence to reconstruct how the state used bookkeeping to allocate land, police its people, and extract taxes from them. The third part focuses on education, the state's system for replenishing its staff of scribe-officials. The first half of each part surveys evidence from Mesopotamia, Egypt, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
Number of Pages
427
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107028128
SKU
V9781107028128
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About Haicheng Wang
Wang Haicheng is an assistant professor in the School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle. His research centers on the art and archaeology of ancient China and the comparative study of early civilizations. Recent and forthcoming publications include a book chapter on the material record of the Erligang civilization, a chapter on urbanization and writing in The Cambridge World History, ... Read more
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