The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City - 9781138537279

Taylor & Francis

The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese CityVolume 1, The City in Ancient China\nAuthor(s): Paul Wheatley\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138537279, 978-1138537279\nSynopsis\nThese two volumes elucidate the manner in which there emerged, on the North China plain, hierarchically structured, functionally specialized social institutions organized on a political and territorial basis during the second millennium [url] They describe the way in which, during subsequent centuries, these institutes were diffused through much of the rest of North and Central China. Author Paul Wheatley equates the emergence of the ceremonial center, as evidenced in Shang China, with a functional and developmental stage in urban genesis, and substantiates his argument with comparative evidence from the Americas, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Southeast Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Yoruba territories.\n\nThe Origins and Character of the .