Bureaucracy and the state in early China
Subtitle: governing the western Zhou
By: Li Feng.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9780521884471
Subjects: Bureaucracy -- China -- History -- To 1500; China -- Politics and government -- To 221 B.C
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical context; title: Structural development of the Zhou central government; title: The administrative process of the Zhou central government; title: Managing the core : local society and local administration in the royal domain; title: Official service and career development during the western Zhou; title: The regional states and their governments; title: Reconceptualizing the western Zhou state : reflections on previous theories and models; title: Conclusion.