Everyday Life in Early Imperial China

by Michael Loewe

Book Overview

In this lively and accessible account, with illustrations on nearly every page, Michael Loewe gives us a vivid picture of the lives of peasants working the land, the lives of town inhabitants, and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872207587
• ISBN13: 9780872207585
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Lao's review

An overview covering geography, literature, government, written language, religion and daily practices. Contains numerous black and white sketches of both daily and funerary objects (which I recognized as renderings from other sources, rather than from the objects themselves). It does't go into a lot of detail, but it is enough to give you a general feel for the thought processes and customs of the period.