Title
The Early Chinese Empires : Qin and Han / Mark Edward Lewis.
ISBN
9780674040144
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]
Copyright
©2010
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (336 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.4159/9780674040144 doi
Call Number
DS735 ǂb L42 2007eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
951
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.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
Series
History of Imperial China ; 1
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
