Shang Civilization is a history of the Shang dynasty by Kwang-chih Chang (Chinese: 張光直). It was published by Yale University Press in 1980. It is dedicated to Chang’s doctoral advisor, Li Chi, who had died the previous year.
Synopsis
After the front matter, there is a 66-page prolegomena, “Five Doors to Shang”. This is followed by part I, “The Shang Society from An-yang“, and part II, “Shang History beyond An-yang”. There is a brief epilogue, “Shang in the Ancient World”, followed by a postscript that notes some additional material that had come to light since the original manuscript was finished in 1978, and after that the standard back matter.[1]
Reception
Shang Civilization was widely reviewed in scholarly journals.[2][3][4]
References
Sources
- Chang, Kwang-chih (1980). Shang Civilization. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-02428-2.
- Allan, Sarah (1983). “Review of Shang Civilization”. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 46 (1): 176–177. doi:10.1017/S0041977X0007782X. ISSN 0041-977X. JSTOR 616740. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Keightley, David N. (May 1982). “Shang China is Coming of Age—A Review Article”. The Journal of Asian Studies. 41 (3): 549–557. doi:10.2307/2055252. JSTOR 2055252. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Loewe, Michael (1981). “Review of Shang Civilization”. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (2): 234–235. doi:10.1017/S0035869X00158356. ISSN 0035-869X. JSTOR 25211289. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
Further reading
- Ecsedy, Ildikó (1984). “Review of Shang Civilization”. Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 38 (1/2): 247–248. ISSN 0001-6446. JSTOR 23657666. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Ikawa-Smith, Fumiko (1980). “Early Civilization in China”. Science. 209 (4457): 679–680. doi:10.1126/science.209.4457.679. ISSN 0036-8075. JSTOR 1684354. PMID 17821185. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Mickel, Stanley L. (1981). “Review of Shang Civilization”. The Historian. 44 (1): 111–112. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24446532. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Pearson, Richard (1980). “Review of Shang Civilization”. Pacific Affairs. 53 (4): 724–726. doi:10.2307/2757544. ISSN 0030-851X. JSTOR 2757544. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Pirazzoli-t’Serstevens, Michèle (1982). “Review of Shang Civilization”. L’Homme. 22 (2): 115–117. ISSN 0439-4216. JSTOR 25131872. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Rudolph, Richard C. (1981). “Review of Shang Civilization”. Archaeology. 34 (4): 70. ISSN 0003-8113. JSTOR 41727178. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Thorp, Robert L. (1981). “Review of Shang Civilization”. American Scientist. 69 (3): 341. ISSN 0003-0996. JSTOR 27850485. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.
- Yoffee, Norman; Olsen, John W. (1981). “Review of Shang Civilization”. American Anthropologist. 83 (3): 668–669. doi:10.1525/aa.1981.83.3.02a00430. ISSN 0002-7294. JSTOR 676792. Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.