The Early Chinese Empires : : Qin and Han / / 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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | History of Imperial China ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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