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The construction of space in early China /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lewis, Mark Edward, 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Series:SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Subjects:
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE IN EARLY CHINA
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • UNITS OF SPATIAL ORDER
  • THE EMPIRE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF SPACE
  • 1. THE HUMAN BODY
  • DISCOVERY OF THE BODY IN THE FOURTH CENTURY b .c .
  • THE COMPOSITE BODY
  • INTERFACES OF THE BODY
  • CONCLUSION
  • 2. THE HOUSEHOLD
  • HOUSEHOLDS AS POLITICAL UNITS
  • HOUSEHOLDS AS RESIDENTIAL UNITS
  • HOUSEHOLDS AS UNITS OF LARGER NETWORKS
  • THE HOUSEHOLD DIVIDED
  • HOUSEHOLD AND TOMB
  • CONCLUSION
  • 3. CITIES AND CAPITALS
  • THE WORLD OF THE CITY-STATES
  • ""CITIES OF THE WARRING STATES AND EARLY EMPIRES""""INVENTION OF THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""4. REGIONS AND CUSTOMS""; ""THE WARRING STATES PHILOSOPHICAL CRITIQUE OF CUSTOM""; ""CUSTOM AND REGION""; ""REGIONS AND THE GREAT FAMILIES""; ""REGIONAL AND LOCAL CUL""; ""RHAPSODIES ON REGIONS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""5. WORLD AND COSMOS""; ""GRIDS AND MAGIC SQUARES""; ""THE BRIGHT HALL AND RULER-CENTERED MODELS""; ""MIRRORS, DIVINERâ€?S BOARDS, AND OTHER COSMIC CHARTS""; ""MOUNTAINS AND WORLD MODELS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""NOTES""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CHAPTER ONE""