The Early Chinese Empires : : Qin and Han / / Mark Edward Lewis.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Lewis, Mark Edward,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: History of Imperial China ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Maps --; 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674040144; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674040144?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark Edward Lewis.

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.