China: Volume 5

by Alexandra Wetzel

Book Overview

The lavishly illustrated volume presents in dazzling visual detail a highly engaging introduction to almost 2000 years of Chinese history-from the founding of the Chinese Empire in 221 BCE to the Ming dynasty, the last dynasty to rule before the country opened to the outside world in the middle of the seventeenth century. China tells this dynamic story through hundreds of breathtaking full-page images of people, landscapes, artworks, artifacts, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520259076
• ISBN13: 9780520259072
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 7.9"