Introduction : early China and its natural and cultural demarcations The development of complex society in China Erlitou and Erligang : early states expansion Anyang and beyond : shang and contemporary bronze cultures Cracking the secret bones : literacy and society in late Shang The inscribed history : western Zhou state and its bronze vessels The creation of paradigm : Zhou bureaucracy and social institutions Hegemons and warriors : social transformation of the spring and autumn period (770 bc-481 BC) The age of territorial states : warring states politics and institutions Philosophers as statesmen : in light of recently discovered texts The Qin unification and Qin empire : who were the terra-cotta warriors? Expansion and political transition of the Han empire State and society: bureaucracy and social orders under the Han empire Ideological changes and their reflections in han culture and han art
