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During the last two centuries BCE, the Western Han capital of Chang'an, near today's Xi'an in northwest China, outshone Augustan Rome in several ways while administering comparable numbers of imperial subjects and equally vast territories. This book deals with this topic.

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"[A] landmark volume. . . . Equally significant as a contribution to Chinese studies and to the fields of urban and empire studies more broadly conceived, Chang'an 26 BCE is remarkable for its success in bringing together the work of Chinese and US scholars, and all in a series of very clear and engaging discussions of a wide range of topics. . . . It is an astounding achievement, as well as a beautifully illustrated object."

-- Carla Nappi * New Books in East Asian Studies *

Changan 26 BCE

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/2014
      ISBN13: 9780295994055, 978-0295994055
      ISBN10: 0295994053
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      Ancient history Archaeology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      During the last two centuries BCE, the Western Han capital of Chang'an, near today's Xi'an in northwest China, outshone Augustan Rome in several ways while administering comparable numbers of imperial subjects and equally vast territories. This book deals with this topic.

      Trade Review

      "[A] landmark volume. . . . Equally significant as a contribution to Chinese studies and to the fields of urban and empire studies more broadly conceived, Chang'an 26 BCE is remarkable for its success in bringing together the work of Chinese and US scholars, and all in a series of very clear and engaging discussions of a wide range of topics. . . . It is an astounding achievement, as well as a beautifully illustrated object."

      -- Carla Nappi * New Books in East Asian Studies *

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