{"product_id":"writing-and-literacy-in-early-china-9780295991528","title":"Writing and Literacy in Early China","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInquires into modes of manuscript production, the purposes for which texts were produced, and the ways in which they were actually used\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . elucidate[s] the origins, early development and structure of the Chinese script, but also discuss[es] material aspects, practical uses, and social contexts of writing up to the second century CE. . . . fascinating and carefully edited . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Oliver Weingarten * Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Early China Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Map of Important Archaeological Sites\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Writing as a Phenomenon of Literacy \/ Li Feng and David Prager Branner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One | Origins and the Linguistic Dimension \u003cbr\u003e 1. Getting “Right” with Heaven and the Origins of Writing in China \/ David W. Pankenier\u003cbr\u003e 2. Literacy and the Emergence of Writing in China \/ William G. Boltz\u003cbr\u003e 3. Phonology in the Chinese Script and Its Relationship to Early Chinese Literacy \/ David Prager Branner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two | Scribal Training and Practice\u003cbr\u003e 4. Literacy to the South and the East of Anyang in Shang China: Zhengzhou and Daxinzhuang \/ Ken-ichi Takashima\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Evidence for Scribal Training at Anyang \/ Adam Smith\u003cbr\u003e 6. Textual Identity and the Role of Literacy in the Transmission of Early Chinese Literature \/ Matthias L. Richter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three | Literacy and Social Contexts\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Royal Audience and Its Reflections in Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions \/ Lothar von Falkenhausen\u003cbr\u003e 8. Literacy and the Social Contexts of Writing in the\u003cbr\u003e Western Zhou \/ Li Feng\u003cbr\u003e 9. Education and the Way of the Former Kings \/ Constance A. Cook\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Four | The Extent of Literacy in the Early Empire\u003cbr\u003e 10. Soldiers, Scribes, and Women: Literacy among the Lower Orders in Early China \/ Robin D. S. Yates\u003cbr\u003e 11. Craftsman’s Literacy: Uses of Writing by Male and Female Artisans in Qin and Han China \/ Anthony J. Barbieri-Low\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400920277335,"sku":"9780295991528","price":77.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/writing-and-literacy-in-early-china-9780295991528","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}