Michael Nylan and Griet Vankeerberghen, “Chang’an 26 BCE: An Augustan Age in China” (U of Washington Press, 2015)

Episode • May 5, 2015 • 1h 12m

Michael Nylan and Griet Vankeerberghen have produced a landmark volume. Chang’an 26 BCE: An Augustan Age in China (University of Washington Press, 2015) collects 19 essays (plus an Introduction and an Afterword) devoted to exploring the built environment and archaeology of Han Chang’an, sociopolitical transformations in the late Western Han,...