Iron and steel in ancient China

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Iron and steel in ancient China

by Donald B. Wagner

(Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, 4. Abt. ; China ; 9. Bd.)

E.J. Brill, 1996

2nd impression with corrections

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Bibliography: p. [485]-552

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is a study of the production and use of iron and steel in China up to the second century B.C., and simultaneously a methodological study of the reconciliation of archaeological and written sources in Chinese cultural history. An introductory chapter describes and discusses the available sources and their use, gives a brief outline of early Chinese archaeology and history, and develops certain important themes, especially the interaction of North and South in early China. Further chapters consider the invention of iron in a barbarian culture of southeast China, its spread to the area of Chinese culture, and the development of a large-scale iron industry in the third century B.C. The technology of iron production in early China is considered in two chapters, on the microstructures of wrought and cast iron artifacts.

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  • NCID
    BA81815296
  • ISBN
    • 9004096329
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Leiden
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 573 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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