Imperial expansion, public investment, and the long path of history: China's initial political unification and its aftermath

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 9224-9229

  Fang, Hui ^a   Feinman, Gary M ^b   Nicholas, Linda M ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological settlement patterns; China; Empire; Political unification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARCHEOLOGY; ARMY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INVESTMENT; LANDSCAPE; LEADERSHIP; NEOLITHIC; POLICY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84938150488     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1419157112     Document Type: Article

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