Chinese Lives: The People Who Made a Civilization

by Sanping Chen, Victor H. Mair, Frances Wood

Book Overview

China is the most populous country on earth, with the longest history of any modern nation. Here, the full range of Chinese cultural and scientific achievements, as well as its military conquests, wars, rebellions, and political and philosophical movements, are told through the eyes of real people who created or were involved in them.

The subjects include emperors and empresses, concubines, officials and political figures, rebels, exiles,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500251924
• ISBN13: 9780500251928
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"