7 records matched your query       

Author:

Man, John, 1941-

Title:

The terra cotta army : China's first emperor and the birth of a nation / John Man.

Publisher:

Da Capo Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

288 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps, plans ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Qin shi huang,--Emperor of China,--259-210 B.C.
Qin shi huang,--Emperor of China,--259-210 B.C.--Tomb.
Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese--Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D.
China--History--Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C.
Shaanxi Sheng (China)--Antiquities.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Shaanxi Sheng.--Shaanxi Sheng.
China--Kings and rulers.
China--History--221 B.C.-960 A.D.
China--Antiquities.

Notes:

Originally published: London : Bantam Press, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-280) and index.

Contents:

Index. Note on spelling -- Acknowledgements -- Picture acknowledgments -- Preface: Army of the past and present -- Appendix 2. Origins -- 1. Discovery -- 2. Grand historian's hidden agenda -- 3. Warring states, conflicting ideas -- 4. From prince to king -- 5. Making of China -- 6. Ruthless frenzy -- pt. 2. Beyond The Grave -- 7. World to come -- 8. Digging the tomb -- 9. Making the eternal army -- 10. Sudden death -- 11. Consumed by fire -- pt. 3. Eighth Wonder -- 12. Six thousand characters in search of a role -- 13. New marvels in bronze and stone -- 14. On handling treasures -- 15. To Be Revealed -- Appendix 1. Dates and dynasties -- Appendix 2. Qin and the terra cotta army in context -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

0306817446
9780306817441

OCLC:

(OCoLC)226245253

LCCN:

2008298093

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)