Sanctioned Violence in Early China

by Mark Edward Lewis

This book provides new insight into the creation of the Chinese empire by examining the changing forms of permitted violence-warfare, hunting, sacrifice, punishments, and vengeance. It analyzes the interlinked evolution of these violent practices to reveal changes in the nature of political authority, in the basic units of social organization, and in the fundamental commitments of the ruling elite. The work offers a new interpretation of the changes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791400778
• ISBN13: 9780791400777
• Release Date: August 1989
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"