La Cina. Dall'età del Bronzo all'impero Han

A History of China from mythology to the Han dynasty (221 BC-220 AD). Thirteen scholars, Riccardo Fracasso (Ca' Foscari Un.), E. L. Shaughnessy (Un. Chicago), M. Scarpari (Ca' Foscari Un.), B.J. Mansvelt Beck (Leiden Un.), N. Di Cosmo (Princeton Un.), S. Rastelli (Ca' Foscari Un.), L. Pisano (Enna Un.), T. Lippiello (Ca' Foscari un.), D. Harper (Un. of Chicago), A. Andreini (Ca' Foscari Un.), M. Bujard (EFEO), M. Abbiati (Ca' Foscari Un.), H. Van Ess, LMU Munich, drawing on traditional and newly discovered sources, write the chapters on the Origins of Chinese civilisation, on Zhou history and rituals, on the Qin and Han empires, on the frontiers, on archeology, art and music, on religious beliefs and thought, on science, language and literature.