Landscape and Power in Early China by Li Feng - 9780521852722

Landscape and Power in Early ChinaThe Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou 1045771 BC\nAuthor(s): Li Feng\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521852722, 978-0521852722\nSynopsis\nThe ascendancy of the Western Zhou in Bronze Age China, [tel] BC, was a critical period in the development of Chinese civilisation and culture. This book addresses the complex relationship between geography and political power in the context of the crisis and fall of the Western Zhou state. Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries, the book shows how inscribed bronze vessels can be used to reveal changes in the political space of the period and explores literary and geographical evidence to produce a coherent understanding of the Bronze Age past. By taking an interdisciplinary approach which embraces archaeology, history and geography, the book thoroughly reinterprets late Western Zhou history and probes the causes.