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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820774603321

Autore

Chin Tamara T.

Titolo

Savage Exchange : Han Imperialism, Chinese Literary Style, and the Economic Imagination / / Tamara T. Chin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Harvard University Asia Center, , 2014

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2014

ISBN

1-68417-078-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 363 pages :) : illustrations, map ;

Collana

Harvard University Studies in East Asian Law ; ; 94

Disciplina

895.109/0022

Soggetti

Chinese literature - Qin and Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D - History and criticism

Commerce in literature

Economics and literature - China - History - To 1500

Imperialism - Economic aspects - China - History - To 1500

Imperialism - Social aspects - China - History - To 1500

Politics and literature - China - History - To 1500

China Commerce History

China Economic conditions To 1644

China History Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D

China Territorial expansion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-350) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE), a pivotal time when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance markets. By juxtaposing well-known texts with recently excavated literary and visual materials, the author elaborates a new literary and cultural approach to Chinese economic thought"--