Garret Pagenstecher Olberding (University of Oklahoma)

Designing Boundaries in Early China

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Produktbeschreibung

Designing Boundaries in Early China explores how ritual structures signified the organization of sovereign space in early China. By drawing on a range of source materials, Garret Pagenstecher Olberding makes a compelling case for how sovereign boundaries were formed and negotiated in the ancient world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781009074667
• ISBN-10: 1009074660
• Artikelnr.: 66122044

Autorenporträt

Garret Pagenstecher Olberding is Associate Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of Dubious Facts: The Evidence of Early Chinese Historiography (2012).

Inhaltsangabe

Preamble
1. The basis of ancient borders
2. The visual modeling of space in text and map
3. Movement and geography
4. The perception of the 'state': the internal definition of sovereign space
5. The perception of the 'enemy': the external definition of sovereign space
6. Transgressions: rupturing the boundaries between sovereignties
Conclusion.