The imperial capitals of China
Subtitle: a dynastic history of the celestial empire
By: Arthur Cotterell.
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Woodstock, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781590200070
Subjects: Capitals (Cities) -- China -- History.; China -- Capital and capitol -- History.; China -- History.
Notes: Originally published: London : Pimlico, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Ancient origins c. 1650 BC onwards; title: The cosmology of the Chinese capital; title: Part two: The early empire 221 BC-AD 589; title: The first imperial capitals: Qin Xianyang and former Han Chang'an; title: A restored dynasty: later Han Luoyang; title: A divided China: Nanjing, Pingcheng, and Luoyang; title: Part three: The middle empire 589-1368; title: Reunification: Sui and Tang Chang'an; title: Dynastic decline: late Tang Chang'an; title: Almost paradise: northern Song Kaifeng; title: Holding on: southern Song Hangzhou; title: The Mongol conquest: Yuan Beijing; title: Part four: the late empire 1368-1912; title: The Chinese recovery: Ming Nanjing and Beijing; title: The last imperial capital: Qing Beijing; title: Chronologies: The imperial dynasties; title: The emperors and their reigns.