The origins and character of the Chinese city
By: Paul Wheatley.
Publisher: AldineTransaction
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780202362021; 9780202362038
Subjects: Cities and towns -- China -- History; Cities and towns, Ancient -- China; China -- History -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D
Work titles: Pivot of the four quarters
Description: This two-volume work elucidates the manner in which there emerged, on the North China plain, hierarchically structured, functionally specialized social institutions organized on a political and territorial basis during the second millennium B.C.
Notes: Originally published under title: The pivot of the four quarters: a preliminary enquiry into the origins and character of the ancient Chinese city. Chicago: Aldine Pub. Co., 1971.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The city in ancient China; title: v. 2. The Chinese city in comparative perspective.