A resume of a historical architecture typology, a legacy with a once tremendous importance for the Middle Kingdom.

This unique collection of reworked and heavily illustrated essays, by one of the leading scholars of Chinese history, re-examines the relationship between the p

The history of China is a history of warfare. Rarely in its 3,000-year existence has the country not been beset by war, rebellion, or raids. Warfare was a prima

Why do empires build walls and fences? Are they for defensive purposes only, to keep the ‘barbarians’ at the gate; or do they also function as complex offen

This book employs textual and archaeological material to reconstruct the various features of daily life in ancient China.