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State Power in Ancient China and Rome (Oxford Studies in Early Empires) - Hardcover

Book 5 of 13: OXFORD STUDIES IN EARLY EMPIRES SERIES
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9780190202248: State Power in Ancient China and Rome (Oxford Studies in Early Empires)

Synopsis

In a series of pioneering comparative studies, leading historians break new ground by exploring government and power relations in the two largest empires of the ancient world. They shed new light on key issues such as elite formation, the rise of bureaucracies, and the determinants of urban development.

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About the Author

Walter Scheidel is Dickason Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Classics and History at Stanford University. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of fourteen books, including Rome and China and The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean.

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