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879529
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Chin, Tamara T.,1975-
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| Title & Author
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Savage exchange : : Han imperialism, Chinese literary style, and the economic imagination /\ Tamara T. Chin.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge (Massachusetts) :: Harvard University Asia Center,, 2014.
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| Series Statement
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Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ;; 94
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xiv, 363 pages :: illustrations, map ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0674417194
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: 9780674417199
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-350) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Savage exchange -- [Part 1] Genres -- Abstraction : Qingzhong economics, literary fiction, and masters dialogue -- Quantification : poetic expenditure in the epideictic Fu -- Competition : historiography, ethnography, and narrative regulation -- [Part 2] Practices -- Alienation : kinship in the world economy -- Commensuration : counter-practices of money -- Coda: Counterhistory, connected histories, and comparative literature -- Appendix: Numismatic research on the Han dynasty lead ingots with blundered Greek (or foreign) inscription.
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| Abstract
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"Explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE), a pivotal time when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance markets. By juxtaposing well-known texts with recently excavated literary and visual materials, the author elaborates a new literary and cultural approach to Chinese economic thought"--
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Chinese literature-- Qin and Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.-- History and criticism.
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Commerce in literature.
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Economics and literature-- China-- History-- To 1500.
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Imperialism-- Economic aspects-- China-- History-- To 1500.
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Imperialism-- Social aspects-- China-- History-- To 1500.
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Politics and literature-- China-- History-- To 1500.
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Chinese literature-- Qin and Han dynasties.
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Chinesisch
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Commerce in literature.
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Commerce.
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Economic history.
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Economics and literature.
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Han Dynasty (China).
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Handynastie
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Imperialism-- Economic aspects.
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Imperialism-- Social aspects.
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Imperialismus
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Literatur
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Politics and literature.
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Politische Ökonomie
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Rezeption
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Territorial expansion.
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China, Commerce, History.
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China, Economic conditions, To 1644.
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China, History, Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
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China, Territorial expansion.
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China
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China.
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| Dewey Classification
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895.109/0022
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| LC Classification
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PL2284.C547 2014
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