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The Early Chinese Empires : Qin and Han / Mark Edward Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Mark Edward, 1954-
- Series:
- History of Imperial China
- History of Imperial China ; v.1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--History.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 221 B.C. the First Emperor of Qin unified what would become the heart of a Chinese empire whose major features would endure for two millennia. In the first of a six-volume series on the history of imperial China, Lewis highlights the key challenges facing the court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1 The Geography of Empire; 2 A State Organized for War; 3 The Paradoxes of Empire; 4 Imperial Cities; 5 Rural Society; 6 The Outer World; 7 Kinship; 8 Religion; 9 Literature; 10 Law; Conclusion; Dates and Usage; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-308) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674265424
- 0674265424
- 9780674040144
- 0674040147
- OCLC:
- 923111641
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