Violence, Kinship and the Early Chinese State

Autorentext
Roderick Campbell is Associate Professor of East Asian Archaeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. He has received numerous fellowships, awards, and grants for his work from institutions such as the Luce Archaeology Initiative, the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation, and the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Klappentext
The violence of war and sacrifice were not the antithesis of civilization at Shang Anyang, but rather its foundation.

Zusammenfassung
This book is for readers interested in the archaeology and history of ancient states. It aims to speak to audiences of both anthropologists and Chinese historians alike. It will be of interest to those wanting an up-to-date understanding of China's first historical dynasty and one of the world's primary civilizations.

Inhalt
1. Being, society and world: towards an inter-ontic approach; 2. Cities, states and civilizations; 3. Central plains civilization from Erlitou to Anyang; 4. The great settlement Shang and its polity: networks, boundaries and the social economy; 5. Kinship, place and social order; 6. Violence and Shang civilization; 7. Constructing the ancestors: the social economy of burial; 8. Technologies of pacification and the world of the great settlement Shang.

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