Encore -- Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty [electronic resource] : his life, times, and legacy / Victor Cunrui Xiong.

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Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Description: xiii, 357 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture; EBSCOhost eBook Collection. (Formerly NetLibrary); SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-326) and index.
Contents: Part I: From Prince to Sovereign. The making of a crown prince -- Yangdi and his reign -- The collapse of the Sui -- Part II: Yangdi and his Empire. Luoyang and the Grand Canal -- The palace network -- The bureaucracy -- The educational, ritual and legal institutions -- Religions -- Economic order -- Foreign policy -- Epilogue.
Reproduction: Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries.
Subject: Sui Yangdi, Emperor of China, 569-618.; China -- History -- Sui dynasty, 581-618.; China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
Added Author: NetLibrary, Inc.
Other Form:: Original 079146587X (DLC) 2004027813 (OCoLC)57044143
ISBN: 1423762517 (electronic bk.)