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Wu Zhao : China's only woman emperor
- Title
- Wu Zhao : China's only woman emperor / N. Harry Rothschild.
- Author
- Rothschild, N. Harry.
- Publication
- New York : Pearson Longman, c2008.
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- Description
- xvii, 236 p. : ill., maps; 20 cm.
- Series Statement
- Library of world biography
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.
- Contents
- What's in a name? -- Historical preconditions for the ascent of a woman 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.
- Call Number
- *OVP 08-2016
- ISBN
- 9780321394262 (alk. paper)
- 0321394267 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007045370
- OCLC
- 180577479
- vendorOCN180577479
- Author
- Rothschild, N. Harry.
- Title
- Wu Zhao : China's only woman emperor / N. Harry Rothschild.
- Imprint
- New York : Pearson Longman, c2008.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Series
- Library of world biography
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.
- Research Call Number
- *OVP 08-2016