State power in ancient China and Rome
- Oxford ; Oxford University Press, [2015]
- xv, 303 pages ; 24 cm.
- Oxford studies in early empires .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Walter Scheidel -- Kingship and elite formation / Peter Fibiger Bang and Karen Turner -- Toward a comparative understanding of the executive decision-making process in China and Rome / Corey Brennan -- The Han bureaucracy: its origin, structure and development / Dingxin Zhao -- The common denominator: late Roman imperial bureaucracy from a comparative perspective / Peter Eich -- State revenue and expenditure in the Han and Roman empires / Walter Scheidel -- Urban systems in the Han and Roman empires: state power and social control / Carlos Noreña -- Public spaces in cities in the Roman and Han empires / Mark Lewis -- Ghosts, gods, and the coming apocalypse: empire and religion in early China and ancient Rome / Michael Puett.
9780190202248 9780190202255
2014032894
State, The--History--To 1500.
Imperialism--History.
Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
JC51 / .S74 2015
931.04 / Sch254
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Walter Scheidel -- Kingship and elite formation / Peter Fibiger Bang and Karen Turner -- Toward a comparative understanding of the executive decision-making process in China and Rome / Corey Brennan -- The Han bureaucracy: its origin, structure and development / Dingxin Zhao -- The common denominator: late Roman imperial bureaucracy from a comparative perspective / Peter Eich -- State revenue and expenditure in the Han and Roman empires / Walter Scheidel -- Urban systems in the Han and Roman empires: state power and social control / Carlos Noreña -- Public spaces in cities in the Roman and Han empires / Mark Lewis -- Ghosts, gods, and the coming apocalypse: empire and religion in early China and ancient Rome / Michael Puett.
9780190202248 9780190202255
2014032894
State, The--History--To 1500.
Imperialism--History.
Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C.
Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.
China--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
JC51 / .S74 2015
931.04 / Sch254