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Shang China is Coming of Age—A Review Article

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2011

David N. Keightley
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Abstract

K. C. Chang's Shang Civilization is an invaluable, encyclopaedic guide to the archaeology, anthropology, and culture of East Asia's first historical dynasty. After a summary of the book's scope and a sampling of its interpretations, the review discusses six of Chang's major themes: (1) the acceptance of the “longer” rather than “shorter” dynastic chronology; (2) the identification of Cheng-chou as a Shang capital; (3) the hypothesis that two major groups held royal power in alternate generations; (4) the extent to which the states surrounding the Shang enjoyed cultural and ethnic unity; (5) the existence of numerous walled towns; and (6) the relation between bronze tools and agricultural productivity.

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The Journal of Asian Studies , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , May 1982 , pp. 549 - 557
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Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1982

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