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01716aam a2200349 a 4500 001 D328E86269C611E69620BACFDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160824014144 008 071101s2008 nyuab b 001 0beng 010 $a 2007045370 020 $a 0321394267 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780321394262 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)180577479 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d BAKER $d C#P $d BWX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d SILO 043 $a a-cc--- 050 00 $a DS749.42.W8 $b R68 2008 082 00 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Rothschild, N. Harry 245 10 $a Wu Zhao : $b China's only woman emperor / $c N. Harry Rothschild. 246 30 $a China's only female emperor 260 $a New York : $b Pearson Longman, $c c2008. 300 $a xvii, 236 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 20 cm. 440 0 $a Library of world biography 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a What's in a name? -- Historical preconditions for the ascent of a female emperor: Steppe culture, the Silk Road and Buddhism -- From the Sichuan countryside to the inner palace -- Empress Wu: a changing of the guard -- The two sages -- Celestial empress and grand dowager -- Wu Zhao as lover: lady of perfect satisfaction -- Sage mother rising -- Queen of terror -- Bodhisattva of mercy -- Emperor of the Zhou dynasty -- Octogenarian in retreat: succession, factionalism, and craneriding in the final years -- Conclusion: the vain quest for Wu Zhao. 600 00 $a Wu hou, $c Empress of China, $d 624-705 650 0 $a Empresses $z China $v Biography. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180116132752.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824043827.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D328E86269C611E69620BACFDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search