"This is a work of extraordinary maturity--a well-considered, incisive, careful, yet bold and highly original summation of insights..." -- Lothar von Falkenhausen

"This is a work of extraordinary maturity--a well-considered, incisive, careful, yet bold and highly original summation of insights..." -- Lothar von Falkenhausen

At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries and a ground for spectacular arrays of narrative and iconic sculptures, the choir screen profoundly shaped ...(展开全部)

At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries and a ground for spectacular arrays of narrative and iconic sculptures, the choir screen profoundly shaped ...(展开全部)

Ancestral ritual in early China was an orchestrated dance between what was present (the offerings and the living) and what was absent (the ancestors). The interconnections among the tangible elements of the sacrifice were overt and almost mechanical, but extending those connections to the invisible guests required a medium that was itself invisible. Thus in early China, ancestr...(展开全部)

Feng Li, associate professor (EALAC), received his M.A. from the Institute of Archaeology , Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1986); and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2000). Professor Li is both a historian and an archaeologist specializing in early China . His recent publications include: Landscape and Power in Early China: The Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou...(展开全部)

The ascendancy of the Western Zhou in Bronze Age China, 1045–771 BC, was a critical period in the development of Chinese civilisation and culture. This book addresses the complex relationship between geography and political power in the context of the crisis and fall of the Western Zhou state. Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries, the book shows how inscribed bronze...(展开全部)

Feng Li, associate professor (EALAC), received his M.A. from the Institute of Archaeology , Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (1986); and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2000). Professor Li is both a historian and an archaeologist specializing in early China . His recent publications include: Landscape and Power in Early China: The Crisis and Fall of the Western Zhou...(展开全部)

Unruly People shows that in mid-Qing Guangdong banditry occurred mainly in the densely populated core Canton delta where state power was strongest, challenging the conventional wisdom that banditry was most prevalent in peripheral areas. Through extensive archival research, Antony reveals that this is because the local working poor had no other options to ensure their livelihoo...(展开全部)

According to imperial edict in pre-modern China, an elementary school was to be established in every village in the empire for any boy to attend. This book looks at how the schools worked, how they changed over time, and who promoted them and why. Over the course of the Ming period (1368-1644), schools were sponsored first by the emperor, then by the central bureaucracy, then b...(展开全部)