This volume surveys the wealth of early Chinese paleographic material from Shang to Han, including oracle-bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, covenant texts, and manuscripts on bamboo, wood, and silk. The chapters, written by recognized authorities in their respective fields, address the new interpretations of early Chinese history that arise from research on inscriptions and manuscripts while also discussin paleographic research methods.
Chapters and Contributors:
| *Introduction | Edward L. Shaughnessy |
| *Shang Oracle-Bone Inscriptions | David N. Keightly |
| *Western Zhou Bronze Inscriptions | Edward L. Shaughnessy |
| *Eastern Zhou Bronze Inscriptions | Gilbert L. Mattos |
| *The Covenant Texts from Houma and Wenxian | Susan R. Weld |
| *Wood and Bamboo Administrative Documents of the Han Period | Michael Loewe |
| *Qin and Han Legal Manuscripts | A.F.P. Hulsewé |
| *Warring States, Qin, and Han Manuscripts Related to Natural Philosophy and the Occult | Donald Harper |
| *Manuscripts with Transmitted Counterparts | William G. Boltz |
Sources of Early Chinese History can be purchased for $35.00 (plus $2.50 for shipping and handling; California residents, please add 8.25% sales tax) from:
Publications, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
In Europe, the volume costs £20.00 (or the equivalent in ECU) through Sinobiblia: Sinobiblia, 15 Durham Road, Harrow, Middx, HA1 4PG, UK
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