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The Origins and Character of the Ancient Chinese City Volume 2, The Chinese City in Comparative Perspective
By Paul Wheatley
Copyright 1971
388 Pages
by
Routledge
388 Pages
by
Routledge
378 Pages
by
Routledge
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These 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 b.c. 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... Read more
Chapter 3. The Nature of the Ceremonial Center, Chapter 4. The Urban Character of the Ceremonial Complex, Chapter 5. The Ancient Chinese City as a Cosmo-Magical Symbol, Conclusion, Notes, Glossary of Transcriptions of Foreign Names,Terms and Bibliographical References, Index
Biography
Paul Wheatley
