Chronicle of the Chinese Emperors
The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers of Imperial China
Ann Paludan
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An essential dual-purpose handbook on imperial China: a highly readable popular history and a unique work of reference.
Contents include:
• Biographical accounts of all 157 emperors of China
• Timelines throughout with visual guides to the length and
important events of each emperor's reign
• Datafiles for every emperor listing key information
• Extensive quotations from contemporary sources
• Many special features ranging from the Great Wall to the
Opium War
• Maps detailing, for example, the Silk Roads and the
maritime expeditions of the Ming Dynasty
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500050902 | | ISBN-13 978-0500050903 | | | | 25.4 x 19.2 cm | | Hardback | | 224pp | | 368 illustrations, 126 in colour | | First published 1998 | | | | £19.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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