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001 2007045370
003 DLC
005 20141205080844.0
008 071101s2008 nyuab b 001 0beng
010 $a 2007045370
020 $a9780321394262 (pbk.)
020 $a0321394267 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $aa-cc---
050 00 $aDS749.42.W8$bR68 2008
082 00 $a951/.017092$aB$222
100 1 $aRothschild, N. Harry.
245 10 $aWu Zhao :$bChina's only woman emperor /$cN. Harry Rothschild.
246 30 $aChina's only woman emperor
260 $aNew York :$bPearson Longman,$cc2008.
300 $axvii, 236 p. :$bill., maps ;$c20 cm.
490 0 $aThe Library of world biography
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aWhat's in a name? -- Historical preconditions for the ascent of a female 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.
600 00 $aWu hou,$cEmpress of China,$d624-705.
650 0 $aEmpresses$zChina$vBiography.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip084/2007045370.html