Chang, Kwang-Chih

Early Chinese Civilization : anthropological perspectives / by K. C. Chang - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1976 - xv, 229 p. ; 24 cm. - Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series, 23 .

Includes index

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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China--Civilization--To 221 B.C