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Establishment of the Han Empire and Imperial China

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ISBN-10: 031332588X

ISBN-13: 9780313325885

Edition: 2005

Authors: Grant R. Hardy, Anne Kinney

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The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E. to C.E. 221) ruled a large prosperous Chinese empire that was roughly contemporary with the Roman Empire and comparable in size. The Han was founded by Liu Bang who ruled as Emperor Gaozu. The Han emperors turned away from the harsh rule of their Qin predecessors and promoted Confucianism and other schools of thought while retaining some of the useful autocratic features of Legalism. Under Wudi (140-87 B.C.E.) the empire expanded to include parts of Central Asia, Korea and Vietnam. Under the Han dynasty the Chinese developed steel, the water mill, high quality stoneware (china), and paper. Designed as an introduction to the founding and consolidation of the Han…    
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Book details

List price: $57.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 3/30/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 220
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

ANNE KINNEY is professor of Chinese, and Director of the East Asia Center at the University of Virginia. As a graduate student she spent two years in the department of History and Archaeology at Peking University. She is the author of Representations of Childhood and Youth in Early China (2003), and has published numerous articles and scholarly publications.

Series
Foreword
Preface
A Note on Chinese Transliteration, Pronunciation, Names, Dates, and Sources
List of Major Chinese Dynasties and Eras
List of Early Han Rulers Chronology of Events
The Origins of Imperial China
The Establishment of the Han Empire: An Overview
The Center and the Periphery Technological Innovation and Empire
Social Change in Han Times
Imperial China in World History Biographies Primary Documents
Glossary of Selected Terms
Annotated
Bibliography
Illustrations
Index