| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
ix, 209 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published under title: The first emperor of China. London : Profile, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C.
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China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
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China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0312381123 |
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9780312381127 |
| Standard No. |
NZ1 12186574 |
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AU@ 000042817060 |
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