Screen LibraryChina's first emperor and his terracotta warriors
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| Published: |
St. Martin's Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2008. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | First emperor of China |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 209 p.: ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780312381127 (cloth) 0312381123 |
| Index Number: | K827 |
| CLC: |
K827 K233 |
| Call Number: | K827/W875 |
| Contents: |
Originally published under title: The first emperor of China. London : Profile, 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: elephants, steamed duck and warring states -- The heart of a tiger or wolf -- The grand scribe's records and the place of the sleeping tiger -- The cunning councillor -- Cowboys and indians or Confucianism and Legalism -- The height of legal responsibility -- This species of fortification: the Great Wall -- The burning of the books -- Making everything the same -- The supreme forest and the hall of 10,000 guests -- The drugs of immortality -- Seas of mercury, pearl stars and an army of 8,000 men -- The First Emperor and the Great Helmsman. Examines the life and achievements of China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, who ordered the construction of the Great Wall and the buried terra-cotta army that guards his tomb, assessing whether he was a visionary or tyrant as some have charged. |