FIRST AND LAST EMPERORS
The Body of the Despot and the Absolute State

with KENNETH DEAN

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE ELIMINATION OF STRENGTH
Asolutism, the Body of the Despot, and the Rise of the Chinese Empire

3. POSTMORTEM ON THE PRESIDENTIAL BODY
or, Where the Rest of Him Went

4. CONCLUSION
First and Last Emperors

Notes

Bibliography