The Cambridge history of ancient China : from the origins of civilization to 221 B.C. / edited by Michael Loewe and Edward L. Shaughnessy.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

xxix, 1,148 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Calendar and chronology / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- Environment of ancient China / David N. Keightley -- China on the eve of the historical period / Kwang-chih Chang -- Language and writing / William G. Boltz -- Shang archaeology / Robert Bagley -- Shang : China's first historical dynasty / David N. Keightley -- Western Zhou history / Edward L. Shaughnessy -- Western Zhou archaeology / Jessica Rawson -- Waning of the Bronze Age : material culture and social developments, 770-481 B.C. / Lothar von Falkenhausen -- Spring and autumn period / Cho-yun Hsu -- Warring states : political history / Mark Edward Lewis -- Art and architecture of the warring states period / Wu Hung -- Classical philosophical writings / David Shepherd Nivision -- Warring states natural philosophy and occult thought / Donald Harper -- Northern frontier in pre-imperial China / Nicola Di Cosmo -- Heritage left to the empires / Michael Loewe.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 1033-1112) and index.