Far East Archaeology & History (China, Japan, Korea)

ISBN: 9780861591695
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 169
Millions of Chairman Mao badges were produced during China's Cultural Revolution, and were worn by almost all Chinese people, from Premier Zhou Enlai down to the smallest child. Made in a wide variety of materials (aluminium, plastic, bamboo, p... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781863171212
Brings together some fascinating insights into the study of the Great Wall (actually made up of many small walls) of China, using diverse methods to illustrate the social and political history of the Wall from ancient times up to the present da... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845530532
Published by : Equinox
While there have been occasional Systemic Functional treatments of Japanese before, this is the first volume dedicated to Japanese from a Systemic Functional perspective.

This book is divided into descriptions and applications. The de... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783895005435
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Forschungen zur Archäologie Aussereuropäischer Kulturen
Volume: 4
Just before the unification of the Chinese empire by the first emperor Qin Shihuangdi (221-210 BCE) China is determined by the antagonism of the two culturally very different states of Qin and Chu. With the erection of the empire a time of great p... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780674024779
Published by : Harvard University Press
This, the first in a six volume series on Imperial China is a fine thing, a book accessible to the non-specialist in Chinese history, but eminently scholarly and in no way patronising or free from rigorous analysis. The author traces the proces... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780415311786
Published by : Routledge Ltd
This book analyses new data from the Keyhole Tomb Atlas while presenting an overview of polity development from Yayoi people's involvement in the Han Dynasty tributary system to the emergence of charismatic rulers in the southeastern Nara Basin. .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714124513
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
This book, the catalogue accompanying a major British Museum exhibition, unfolds the historical and archaeological context of the Terracotta Army, and explores the new research and excavation that has been carried out in the years since its dis... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714124476
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
This book, the catalogue accompanying a major British Museum exhibition, unfolds the historical and archaeological context of the Terracotta Army, and explores the new research and excavation that has been carried out in the years since its dis... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781846031748
Published by : Osprey
Feared throughout the Far East, Japanese pirates were likened to 'black demons' and 'flood dragons'. For centuries relations between Japan, Korea and China were carried out through a bizarre trinity of war, trade and piracy. The piracy, which c... .... Learn More