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This scholarly volume examines the emergence and development of hierarchically structured, functionally specialized social institutions in ancient China during the second millennium B.C. and beyond. Author Paul Wheatley traces how ceremonial centres evolved on the North China plain, establishing what he identifies as a critical functional and developmental stage in urban genesis. The work places Chinese urban development within a comparative framework, analysing how these sophisticated political and territorial institutions subsequently diffused throughout North and Central China across subsequent centuries. Volume 2 positions the Chinese city within international comparative perspectives, providing rigorous historical evidence and scholarly analysis for understanding the foundational structures of ancient Chinese civilisation and early urban development patterns.

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Paul Wheatley's comparative analysis connects Shang China's ceremonial centres to broader theories of urban genesis and civilisation development.

Volume 2 examines the diffusion of Chinese political and territorial institutions throughout North and Central China over successive centuries.

The work presents hierarchically structured social institutions from the second millennium B.C., documenting functional specialisation in ancient Chinese society.

Routledge's scholarly publication provides historical evidence substantiating theories about the emergence of functionally complex urban centres.

This volume completes a two-part exploration of how ancient Chinese cities developed distinctive political, social and ceremonial characteristics.

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Release Date
26 July 2017
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