The first emperor
Subtitle: China's Terracotta Army
By: edited by Jane Portal ; with the assistance of Hiromi Kinoshita
Publisher: High Museum of Art
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Atlanta, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781932543261; 9781932543254
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology); Exhibitions; Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese; Tomb; Qin-Han dynasties; Tombs; Antiquities
Notes: Originally published: London : British Museum Press, 2007.

This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta from 16 November 2008 to 19 April 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
Table of contents: title: Sponsor's foreword; title: Director's foreword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Chronology; title: Introduction : the First Emperor : the making of China / Jane Portal; title: The rise of Qin and the military conquest of the warring states / Robin D.S. Yates; title: The First Emperor and the Qin empire / Michael Loewe; title: Qin coins / Helen Wang; title: Qin palaces and architecture / Hiromi Kinoshita; title: Qin gold and jade / Carol Michaelson; title: Imperial tours and mountain inscriptions / Martin Kern; title: The First Emperor's tomb : the afterlife universe / Jessica Rawson; title: A two-thousand-year-old underground empire / Wu Yongqi; title: The terracotta army / Lukas Nickel; title: Armour for the afterlife / James Lin; title: Entertainment for the afterlife / Duan Qingbo; title: Appendix : scientific analysis; title: Glossary; title: List of exhibits; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Illustration acknowledgements; title: Index.