The first emperor:China's Terracotta Army
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Harvard University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
Publication Dates: | c2007. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | 240 p.: ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 30 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780674026971 (alk. paper) 0674026977 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | K878 |
CLC: | K878.8-64 |
Call Number: | K878.8-64/F527 |
Contents: |
Originally published in 2007 by The British Museum Press ... London ... This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 13 September 2007 to 6 April 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index. Sponsor's foreword -- Director's foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Chronology -- Introduction : the First Emperor : the making of China / Jane Portal -- 1. The rise of Qin and the military conquest of the warring states / Robin D.S. Yates -- 2. The First Emperor and the Qin empire / Michael Loewe -- Qin coins / Helen Wang -- Qin palaces and architecture / Hiromi Kinoshita -- Qin gold and jade / Carol Michaelson -- 3. Imperial tours and mountain inscriptions / Martin Kern -- 4. The First Emperor's tomb : the afterlife universe / Jessica Rawson -- 5. A two-thousand-year-old underground empire / Wu Yongqi -- The terracotta army / Lukas Nickel -- Armour for the afterlife / James Lin -- Entertainment for the afterlife / Duan Qingbo -- Appendix : scientific analysis -- Glossary -- List of exhibits -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration acknowledgements -- Index. |