Title: Savage Exchange
Description: "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"--
Subjects: Chinese literature, history and criticism, Imperialism, Politics and literature, China, history, han dynasty, 202 b.c.-220 a.d., China, commerce, China, economic conditions, Chinese literature, History and criticism, History, Economics and literature, Commerce in literature, Commerce, Economic conditions, Territorial expansion, China, history, Qin and Han dynasties, Economic history, Economic aspects, Social aspects