A Review of the Book «The Early Chinese Empires Qin and Han» by Mark E. Lewis
- Authors: Bashkeev V.V.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 1, No 1 (2022)
- Pages: 123-130
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/China_SC/article/view/108290
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/Ch108290
- ID: 108290
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The review of the book (Lewis M.E. The Early Chinese Empires Qin and Han. Cambridge (MA): The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007) sums up the contents of the book and reviews its value for the world Han studies as well as those methods and research traditions of Western sinology in Ancient China studies which lay in the very base of the book creation. After paying respect to the advantages of the book, the author of this review discusses the effectiveness of methods used in the book for studying Chinese Ancient history.
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Victor V. Bashkeev
Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Email: martartofaw@gmail.com
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Russian Federation, Moscow
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