Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Art, Myth, and Ritual : The Path to Political Authority in Ancient China
by Chang, Kwang-chih
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Minor wear. Some chips & tears to dustwrapper. VG., dustwrapper.
- ISBN 10
- 0674048075
- ISBN 13
- 9780674048072
- Seller
-
Svendborg, Denmark
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Minor wear. Some chips & tears to dustwrapper. VG., dustwrapper. Textual illustrations. Ancient Chinese History Harvard University Press Cambridge [MA] 1983 orig. cloth 24x16cm, x,142 pp., Dustwrapper faded. Contents: Clans, towns, and the political landscape -- Moral authority and coercive power -- Shamanism and politics -- Art as a path to authority -- Writing as the path to authority -- Access to the path -- The rise of political authority -- The kings of the three dynasties.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark (DK)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS026419I
- Title
- Art, Myth, and Ritual : The Path to Political Authority in Ancient China
- Author
- Chang, Kwang-chih
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor wear. Some chips & tears to dustwrapper. VG., dustwrapper.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0674048075
- ISBN 13
- 9780674048072
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- China Archaeology Politics East Asia Art Ritual
Terms of Sale
Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
Biblio member since 2009
Svendborg
About Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
Specializing in Africa, Asia, Latin America; Economic & Colonial History, Anthropology & Comparative Religion, Eastern Europe: Ethnicity, Nationalism, Communism, Humanities & Social Sciences; Natural & Earth Sciences, Linguistics; Classical Philology; Archaeology, Minorities, Immigrants, Exiles, South Asia / Indian Subcontinent
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...