The Early Chinese Empires - Qin and Han

Informationen zum Autor Mark Edward Lewis is Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Chinese Culture at Stanford University. Klappentext In 221 BC 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 court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity. Zusammenfassung In 221 BC 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 court officials and scholars who set about governing an empire of such scale and diversity. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Introduction * The Geography of Empire * A State Organized for War * The Paradoxes of Empire * The Imperial Capital * Rural Society * The Outer World * Kinship and Gender * Religion and Cults * Literature * Law * Conclusion * Dates and Usage * Acknowledgments * Notes * Bibliography * Index

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Brook, Mark Edward Lewis
• Assisted by: Timothy Brook (Editor)
• Publisher: Belknap press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2010
• EAN: 9780674057340
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05734-0
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
• Series: History of Imperial China; History of Imperial China; History of Imperial China (HUP)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book; China, Ritual, Western, Literature, Administration, Geography, Law, taxes, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Eastern, HISTORY / Asia / China, trade, Military, Zhou, Agriculture, Dynasty, Bureaucracy, Frontier, walls, Ancient History, Asian History, Household, Roads, peasants, centralization, warring states, terracotta army, unification, sima qian, gaozu