Yijie Zhuang

24 Hours in Ancient China

A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 18/01/2024

ISBN: 9781789296488

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Science - History - Philosophy

Binding: Paperback

Size: 198 x 129 mm

Extent: 272 pages

Illustration: Black and white illustrations throughout

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

Spend 24 hours with the ancient Chinese.

The year is
AD 17. The Han dynasty is in power and we are in and around Chang’an, the capital and one of the most developed regions of the empire, which is enjoying a prolonged economic and cultural pinnacle.

There are extraordinary palaces, military bases and city walls. Households are benefitting from the invention of numerous agricultural technologies and an unprecedented level of craft production, which includes ceramics, bronzes, iron objects and many other elaborate goods.

This is an age that is both vibrant and innovative but also riven with conflict and contradictions. For as successful as the empire is, the reality is that life for the ordinary inhabitants is still about the same problems: earning money, work struggles and family dramas.

Discover what one day in ancient China is like by spending twenty-four hours with the people who lived there. Every hour we meet a different person – from dancers to doctors, priests to convicts, textile workers to tomb looters – and build a multi-layered picture of the social fabric of ancient China and this fascinating period in history.

Sales points:

  • Organized by the hours in each day, featuring new characters in each chapter

  • Packed full of delightful photos, illustrations and maps of ancient artefacts and sites

  • Dr Yijie Zhuang is a Professor of Archaeology at UCL

  • Our 24 Hours series has sold in 18 languages

  • Also available in the series: 24 Hours in Ancient Rome, 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt and 24 Hours in Ancient Athens

About the Author:

Yijie Zhuang

Dr Yijie Zhuang obtained his PhD in archaeology from Cambridge University and is now as Associate Professor in Chinese archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is primarily interested in ancient water-management systems and agricultural histories of China and South East Asia and has published many peer-reviewed articles and he has recenetly been surveying at an Iron Age site in Myanmar. He edited 30 Second Ancient China (Ivy Press).

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