Introduction -- "Weaving looms in hundreds of rooms": women-authored criticism in late imperial China -- The female recluse: the trope of withdrawal and self-representation in poems by two late Ming/Early Qing women writers -- Playful seriousness: women's "teasingly composed" po…
"This book is a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). By analyzing over 1200 legal cases from local and central court archives, Matthew Sommer explores the functions played by marriage, sex, and reprodu…
"This book is a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). By analyzing over 1200 legal cases from local and central court archives, Matthew Sommer explores the functions played by marriage, sex, and reprodu…
"This book is a study of polyandry, wife-selling, and a variety of related practices in China during the Qing dynasty (1644-1912). By analyzing over 1200 legal cases from local and central court archives, Matthew Sommer explores the functions played by marriage, sex, and reprodu…
Conquering Chosŏn : the rise of the Manchu regime as the Middle Kingdom, 1616-43 -- Barbarianizing Chosŏn : the Chosŏn model and the Chinese empire, 1644-1761 -- Justifying the civilized : the Qing's contacts with Chosŏn, Annam, and Britain, 1762-1861 -- Defining Chosŏn : Qing C…
"This book explores China's transformation from an empire into a modern state through the lens of Sino-Korean political relations during the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history"--
"This book explores China's transformation from an empire into a modern state through the lens of Sino-Korean political relations during the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history"--
Geschiedenis van de Qing-dynastie (1644-1912), de laatste keizerlijke dynastie van China. Geschiedenis van de Qing-dynastie (1644-1912), de laatste keizerlijke dynastie van China.
"In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West." "The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors…
"In a brisk revisionist history, William Rowe challenges the standard narrative of Qing China as a decadent, inward-looking state that failed to keep pace with the modern West." "The Great Qing was the second major Chinese empire ruled by foreigners. Three strong Manchu emperors…
In 'Agricultural development in Qing China: A quantitative study, 1661-1911' SHI Zhihong offers for the first time an overview of agricultural development in Qing China in the English language. Being by far the largest sector in one of the largest economies in the world, underst…
In 'Agricultural development in Qing China: A quantitative study, 1661-1911' SHI Zhihong offers for the first time an overview of agricultural development in Qing China in the English language. Being by far the largest sector in one of the largest economies in the world, underst…
In 'Agricultural development in Qing China: A quantitative study, 1661-1911' SHI Zhihong offers for the first time an overview of agricultural development in Qing China in the English language. Being by far the largest sector in one of the largest economies in the world, underst…
