Creel Herrlee Glessner. The Birth of China. A Study of the Formative Period of Chinese Civilization

Fifth Printing. — New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1964. — 402 p."This book is not written for specialists. It does not take for granted a knowledge of the Chinese language, or even of Chinese history. My aim, in writing it, has been to make it readable, and as interesting as possible, for the general intelligent reading public. To this extent it partakes of the nature of a ‘popular’ book."Discovery.
The Oracle bones.
Excavation.
Origins of Chinese civilization.
Shang.
The great city Shang.
Livelihood.
Handicrafts.
Sculpture and bronze.
Shang society.
The Shang state.
War.
Writing.
The gods of Shang.
The counsel of the gods.
Sacrifice.
Chou.
Who were the Chous?
The Chou conquest.
Political history.
Archaeology.
Literature.
Chou society.
Marriage.
The family.
The business of life.
The enjoyment of life.
Religion.
Law.
The official class.
The decree of heaven.