The early Chinese Empires : Qin and Han / Mark Edward Lewis.

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.

321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [292]-308) and index.

Introduction -- The geography of empire -- A state organized for war -- The paradoxes of empire -- Imperial cities -- Rural society -- The outer world -- Kinship -- Religion -- Literature -- Law -- Conclusion.