The Forbidden City / Geremie R. Barmé.
The Forbidden City / Geremie R. Barmé.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Date
2008.
Call Numbers
N951.156/7
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxxi, 251 p. : ill., maps, ; 20 cm.
Contents
A palace of blood and tears -- The architecture of hierarchy -- Rise and decline -- A day in the reign -- The dowager -- Within and without the palace -- Three hundred years on -- The banquet of history.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2008.
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Summary
"Geremie Barme peels away the veneer of power, secrecy, inscrutability, and passions of imperial China, to provide a new and original history of the culture, politics, and architecture of the Forbidden City. Designed to overawe the visitor with the power of imperial China, the Forbidden City remains one of the true wonders of the world."--BOOK JACK...
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The Forbidden City / Geremie R. Barmé.
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Wonders of the World.
"First published in the United Kingdom by Profile Books ... London"--T.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N951.156/7
Record Identifier
74VMQ6eAJoqA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQ6eAJoqA
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ISBN
9780674027794 (alk. paper)
0674027795 (alk. paper)
DDC
951.156
MMS ID
991000399319702626
