Ancient Sichuan and the Unification of China

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State University of New York Press, Aug 17, 1992 - History - 320 pages
Recent archaeological finds in China have made possible a reconstruction of the ancient history of Sichuan, the country's most populous province. Excavated artifacts and new recovered texts now supplement traditional textual materials. Together, these data show how Sichuan matured from peripheral obscurity to attain central importance in the Chinese empire during the first millennium B.C.
 

Contents

Shu
9
Ba and the BaShu Culture
47
Enter Qin
83
Sichuans Century under Qin
119
Han Sichuan
157
Conclusion
193
Appendix
199
Notes
219
Bibliography
275
Index
311
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Steven F. Sage is Professor in the Department of History, Middle Tennessee State University.

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