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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Qin shi huang, Emperor of China; Qin shi huang, Emperor of China |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Frances Wood |
| ISBN: | 9780312381127 0312381123 |
| OCLC Number: | 181601413 |
| Notes: | Originally published under title: The first emperor of China. London : Profile, 2007. |
| Description: | ix, 209 p. : ill. , map ; 22 cm. |
| 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. |
| Other Titles: | First emperor of China |
| Responsibility: | Frances Wood. |
Abstract:
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.
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