Shang Yang's Reforms and State Control in China 1977

Yu-Ning, Li (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1138038113 / ISBN 13: 9781138038110

Published by Taylor & Francis, 2018

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271 pages. 9.21x6.14x1.45 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-1138038113

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shang Yang's Reforms and State Control in China 1977
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138038113
• ISBN 13: 9781138038110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.72 kilograms

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Synopsis

This title was first published in 1977. The name of Shang Yang (c. 390-338 B.C.) is inseparable from his reforms, which laid the foundation for the first Chinese empire and had a deep and lasting influence on Chinese political thought and institutions. A wide-ranging series of carefully prepared translations of books published in China since 1949, each with an extended introduction by a western scholar.

About the Author

Born and raised in China, Li Yu-Ning received a B.A. from National Taiwan University and a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. She is the author of The Introduction of Socialism into China (Columbia University Press, 1971) and Wu Hanchuan (A Biography of Wu Han) (Hong Kong: Min Pao Publishers, 1973). She edited The First Emperor of China: The Politic s of Historiography (International Arts and Sciences Press, 1975). With Chang Y ii-fa , she compiled and edited Chin-tai Chun?-kuo nu-ch'uan yun-tung shih -liao (Documents on the Feminist Movement in Modern China, 1842-1911)?2 volumes (Taipei: Biographical Literature Publishing Company, 1976). She is editor of the journal Chinese Studies in History.