Bibliograph

China's first emperor and his terracotta warriors, Frances Wood

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Label

China's first emperor and his terracotta warriors, Frances Wood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

China's first emperor and his terracotta warriors

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

181601413

Responsibility statement

Frances Wood

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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