Chinese society in the age of Confucius (1000-250 BC)
Subtitle: the archaeological evidence
By: Lothar von Falkenhausen.
Series: Ideas, debates, and perspectives -- v. 2.
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 555
ISBN-13: 9781931745307; 9781931745314
Subjects: Social structure -- China; Social change -- China; China -- Social conditions; China -- Antiquities; China -- History -- Zhou dynasty, 1122-221 B.C
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 426-507) and index.
Table of contents: title: The reorganization of the élite in late western Zhou (ca. 850 BC); title: Distinctions of rank and gender within territorial ruling lineages (ca. 1000-650 BC); title: A north Chinese community (ca. 800-450 BC) : demography and ranking; title: Clan differences within the Zhou culture sphere (ca. 1050-500 BC); title: Ethnic contrasts within the Zhou culture sphere (ca. 1050-350 BC); title: An expanding society (ca. 1050-250 BC); title: The eastern Zhou religious transformation (ca. 600-221 BC); title: The separation of the higher and lower élites (ca. 750-221 BC); title: The merging of the lower élite with the commoner classes (ca. 600-221 BC).