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State power in ancient China and Rome / edited by Walter Scheidel.

Other author/creatorScheidel, Walter, 1966-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxv, 303 pages ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Oxford studies in early empires
Contents Introduction / Walter Scheidel -- Kingship and elite formation / Peter Fibiger Bang and Karen Turner -- Toward a comparative understanding of the executive decision-making process in China and Rome / Corey Brennan -- The Han bureaucracy: its origin, structure and development / Dingxin Zhao -- The common denominator: late Roman imperial bureaucracy from a comparative perspective / Peter Eich -- State revenue and expenditure in the Han and Roman empires / Walter Scheidel -- Urban systems in the Han and Roman empires: state power and social control / Carlos NoreƱa -- Public spaces in cities in the Roman and Han empires / Mark Lewis -- Ghosts, gods, and the coming apocalypse: empire and religion in early China and ancient Rome / Michael Puett.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014032894
ISBN9780190202248
ISBN9780190202255

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