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    The first emperor of China / Frances Wood.

    • Title:The first emperor of China / Frances Wood.
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    • Author/Creator:Wood, Frances, 1948-
    • Published/Created:London : Profile, 2007.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C.
      China--History--Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
    • Description:ix, 209 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Published to coincide with exhibition of the Terracotta Army at the British Museum.
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781846680328 (hbk.)
      1846680328 (hbk.)
    • Contents:Introduction: Elephants, Steamed Duck and Warring States
      1. Heart of a Tiger or Wolf
      2. Grand Scribe's Records and the Place of the Sleeping Tiger
      3. Cunning Councillor
      4. Cowboys and Indians or Confucianism and Legalism
      5. Height of Legal Responsibility
      6. This Species of Fortification: The Great Wall
      7. Burning of the Books
      8. Making Everything the Same
      9. Supreme Forest and the Hall of 10,000 Guests
      10. Drugs of Immortality
      11. Seas of Mercury, Pearl Stars and an Army of 8,000 Men
      12. First Emperor and the Great Helmsman.
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