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39 produkter
The Cambridge History of Ancient China
From the Origins of Civilization to 221 BC
Av Michael Loewe, Edward L. Shaughnessy m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1844 kr
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The Cambridge History of Ancient China provides a survey of the cultural history of pre-imperial China. Fourteen leading specialists on early Chinese history and archaeology cover more than one thousand years. There are two chapters for each time-period - Shang, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and …
The Cambridge History of China: Volume 1, The Ch'in and Han Empires, 221 BC-AD 220
Av Denis Twitchett, Michael Loewe
Inbunden, 1986
2449 kr
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This volume begins the historical coverage of The Cambridge History of China with the establishment of the Ch'in empire in 221 BC and ends with the abdication of the last Han emperor in AD 220. Spanning four centuries, this period witnessed major evolutionary changes in almost every aspect of …
Rethinking Recarving
Ideals, Practices, and Problems of the "Wu Family Shrines" and Han China
Av Cary Y. Liu, Michael Loewe m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
474 kr
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The "Wu Family Shrines" pictorial carvings from Han dynasty China (206 BCE–220 CE) are among the earliest works of Chinese art examined in an international arena. Since the eleventh century, the carvings have been identified by scholars as one of the most valuable and authentic materials for the …
Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9
E-bok, 2018
607 kr
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This book, first published in 1974, studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9), a time of great intellectual, religious and political change. The struggle between Reformists and Modernists is analysed using texts contemporary to the time, and this …
Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9
E-bok, 2018
607 kr
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This book, first published in 1974, studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9), a time of great intellectual, religious and political change. The struggle between Reformists and Modernists is analysed using texts contemporary to the time, and this …
Divination, Mythology and Monarchy in Han China
Häftad, 2008
687 kr
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Chinese empires were established by force of arms, but sustained by religious rites and intellectual theory. The four centuries from 206 BC to AD 220 witnessed major changes in the state cults and the concepts of monarchy, while various techniques of divination were used to forecast the future or …
Divination, Mythology and Monarchy in Han China
Inbunden, 1994
2146 kr
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Chinese empires were established by force of arms, but sustained by religious rites and intellectual theory. The four centuries from 206 BC to AD 220 witnessed major changes in the state cults and the concepts of monarchy, while various techniques of divination were used to forecast the future or …
China's Early Empires
A Re-appraisal
Av Michael Nylan, Michael Loewe
Inbunden, 2010
2381 kr
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Recent archaeological discoveries, including manuscripts, have shed new light on China's history, in particular Qin and Han (221 BCE-220 CE), this volume's main focus. They make possible a deeper account of the growth of cities and of the spread of Chinese influence over distant areas. This book …
Faith, Myth, and Reason in Han China
Inbunden, 2005
616 kr
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In his classic study of the cultural history of Han China, Michael Loewe uses both archaeological discoveries and written records to sketch the conceptual background of various artifacts of the Han period, and shows how ancient Chinese thought is as much informed by mythology as it is dependent on …
Everyday Life in Early Imperial China
Inbunden, 2005
390 kr
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In this lively and accessible account, with illustrations on nearly every page, Michael Loewe gives us a vivid picture of the lives of peasants working the land, the lives of town inhabitants, and the elaborate hierarchy of institutions and civil servants that sustained the vast imperial …
Government of the Qin and Han Empires
221 BCE - 220 CE
Häftad, 2006
198 kr
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In this concise volume, Michael Loewe provides an engaging overview of the government of the early empires of China. Topics discussed are: the seat of supreme authority; the structure of central government; provincial and local government; the armed forces; officials; government communications; …
Imperial China
The Historical Background to the Modern Age
E-bok, 2021
660 kr
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First published in 1966, Imperial China sets out to explain China’s past histories to non-specialists. Too often the West has misunderstood the East. China is credited with an excessively long cultural history; with a continuous line of dynastic succession; with uniformly practised institutions; …
Imperial China
The Historical Background to the Modern Age
E-bok, 2021
646 kr
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First published in 1966, Imperial China sets out to explain China’s past histories to non-specialists. Too often the West has misunderstood the East. China is credited with an excessively long cultural history; with a continuous line of dynastic succession; with uniformly practised institutions; …
Divination and Oracles
Av Carmen Blacker, Michael Loewe
E-bok, 2021
589 kr
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First published in 1981, Divination and Oracles analyses the religious practices of the ancient world as they have been witnessed from Scandinavia to Tibet and Japan, from the third millennium BC until the present day. Divination and the consultation of oracles formed part of the religious practice …
Divination and Oracles
Av Carmen Blacker, Michael Loewe
E-bok, 2021
576 kr
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First published in 1981, Divination and Oracles analyses the religious practices of the ancient world as they have been witnessed from Scandinavia to Tibet and Japan, from the third millennium BC until the present day. Divination and the consultation of oracles formed part of the religious practice …
Ways to Paradise
The Chinese Quest for Immortality
E-bok, 2022
593 kr
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First published in 1979, in Ways to Paradise Michael Loewe, an internationally recognised authority on Han China, assesses a wealth of an archaeological evidence in an attempt to uncover the attitudes of the pre-Buddhist Chinese to matters relating to death and hereafter. Dr Loewe examines in …
Ways to Paradise
The Chinese Quest for Immortality
E-bok, 2022
593 kr
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First published in 1979, in Ways to Paradise Michael Loewe, an internationally recognised authority on Han China, assesses a wealth of an archaeological evidence in an attempt to uncover the attitudes of the pre-Buddhist Chinese to matters relating to death and hereafter. Dr Loewe examines in …
Imperial China
The Historical Background to the Modern Age
Inbunden, 2021
2208 kr
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First published in 1966, Imperial China sets out to explain China’s past histories to non-specialists. Too often the West has misunderstood the East. China is credited with an excessively long cultural history; with a continuous line of dynastic succession; with uniformly practised institutions; or …
Imperial China
The Historical Background to the Modern Age
Häftad, 2024
565 kr
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First published in 1966, Imperial China sets out to explain China’s past histories to non-specialists. Too often the West has misunderstood the East. China is credited with an excessively long cultural history; with a continuous line of dynastic succession; with uniformly practised institutions; or …
Divination and Oracles
Av Michael Loewe, Carmen Blacker
Inbunden, 2021
1837 kr
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First published in 1981, Divination and Oracles analyses the religious practices of the ancient world as they have been witnessed from Scandinavia to Tibet and Japan, from the third millennium BC until the present day. Divination and the consultation of oracles formed part of the religious practice …
Divination and Oracles
Av Michael Loewe, Carmen Blacker
Häftad, 2024
505 kr
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First published in 1981, Divination and Oracles analyses the religious practices of the ancient world as they have been witnessed from Scandinavia to Tibet and Japan, from the third millennium BC until the present day. Divination and the consultation of oracles formed part of the religious practice …
Ways to Paradise
The Chinese Quest for Immortality
Inbunden, 2022
1892 kr
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First published in 1979, in Ways to Paradise Michael Loewe, an internationally recognised authority on Han China, assesses a wealth of an archaeological evidence in an attempt to uncover the attitudes of the pre-Buddhist Chinese to matters relating to death and hereafter. Dr Loewe examines in …
Ways to Paradise
The Chinese Quest for Immortality
Häftad, 2024
520 kr
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First published in 1979, in Ways to Paradise Michael Loewe, an internationally recognised authority on Han China, assesses a wealth of an archaeological evidence in an attempt to uncover the attitudes of the pre-Buddhist Chinese to matters relating to death and hereafter. Dr Loewe examines in …
Ancient Cosmologies
Av Carmen Blacker, Michael Loewe
Inbunden, 2024
1519 kr
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In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Indians, Chinese, Arabs, …
Ancient Cosmologies
Av Carmen Blacker, Michael Loewe
Häftad, 2025
472 kr
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In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Indians, Chinese, Arabs, …
Ancient Cosmologies
Av Michael Loewe, Carmen Blacker
E-bok, 2024
554 kr
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In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Indians, Chinese, Arabs, …
Ancient Cosmologies
Av Michael Loewe, Carmen Blacker
E-bok, 2024
554 kr
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In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe imagined by those ancient peoples to whom all modern knowledge of geography and astronomy was inaccessible? How did the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Indians, Chinese, Arabs, …
Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9
Inbunden, 2018
2208 kr
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This book, first published in 1974, studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9), a time of great intellectual, religious and political change. The struggle between Reformists and Modernists is analysed using texts contemporary to the time, and this …
Crisis and Conflict in Han China, 104 BC to AD 9
Häftad, 2019
580 kr
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This book, first published in 1974, studies the historical development of China during the Western Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 9), a time of great intellectual, religious and political change. The struggle between Reformists and Modernists is analysed using texts contemporary to the time, and this …
Imperial Institutions in Ancient Rome and Early China
A Comparative Analysis
Av Michael Loewe, Michael Nylan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
1104 kr
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Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, and edited for publication by T. Corey Brennan and Michael Nylan, this book gives an overview of the considerations and practices of two major world empires that together ruled half of the earth's population in the first centuries BCE: ancient Rome …
