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David N. Keightley’s seminal essays on the origins of Chinese society are brought together in one volume.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. xi-xviii
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  1. Transcription Conversion Table
  2. pp. xix-xx
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  1. Chapter 1: Archaeology and Mentality: The Making of China
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  3. pp. 1-36
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  1. Chapter 2: Early Civilization in China: Reflections on How it Became Chinese
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  3. pp. 37-74
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  1. Chapter 3: What Did Make the Chinese “Chinese”?: Some Geographical Perspectives
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  3. pp. 75-86
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  1. Chapter 4: The Religious Commitment: Shang Theology and the Genesis of Chinese Political Culture
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  3. pp. 87-100
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  1. Chapter 5: Late Shang Divination: The Magico-Religious Legacy
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  3. pp. 101-122
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  1. Chapter 6: Shang Divination and Metaphysics
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  3. pp. 123-154
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  1. Chapter 7: The Making of The Ancestors: Late Shang Religion and Its Legacy
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  3. pp. 155-206
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  1. Chapter 8: Theology and the Writing of History: Truth and the Ancestors in the Wu Ding Divination Records
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  3. pp. 207-228
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  1. Chapter 9: Marks and Labels: Early Writing in Neolithic and Shang China
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  3. pp. 229-252
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  1. Chapter 10: Clean Hands and Shining Helmets: Heroic Action in Early Chinese and Greek Culture
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  3. pp. 253-282
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  1. Chapter 11: Epistemology in Cultural Context: Disguise and Deception in Early China and Early Greece
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  3. pp. 283-310
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  1. Chapter 12: Notes and Comments: “There Was an Old Man of Chang’an…”: Limericks and the Teaching of Early Chinese History
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  3. pp. 311-314
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  1. Bibliography of the Writings of David N. Keightley
  2. pp. 315-320
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 321-340
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  1. Back Cover
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