Michael Loewe

Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe and edited for publication by T. Corey Brennan and Michael Nylan, this book gives an overview of the considerations and practices of two major world empires that together ruled half of the earth's population in the first centuries BCE: ancient Rome and Han China. Approaching the historical material with a comparative perspective, Loewe...

Everyday Life in Early Imperial China by Michael Loewe delves into the significant aspects of life during the Han period. This era was pivotal as it laid the groundwork for the primary political, economic, cultural, and social structures that would come to define imperial China. The book offers a comprehensive exploration of how these foundational elements were established and their...