Celestial Women: Imperial Wives and Concubines in China from Song to Qing, Paperback - Keith McMahon

This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plu...

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Drawing on specific historical case studies and events, this book looks at the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and at...

Reducere. During the Asia-Pacific War, the Japanese military forced hundreds of thousands of women across Asia into "comfort stations" where they were repeat...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Bret HinschIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecified; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black ...

Temples dedicated to Confucius are found throughout China and across East Asia, dating back over two thousand years. These sacred and magnificent s...

Youth Culture in China: From Red Guards to Netizens - Paul Clark

A variety of Chinese writings from the Song period (960-1279)--medical texts, religious treatises, fiction, and anecdotes--depict women who were co...

DescriptionA panoramic survey of China's rise and resilience through war and rebellion, disease and famine, that rewrites China's history for a new...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Harold M. TannerIllustration(s): heavily illustratedNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2010Dimen...

Offers a look at some of medieval Europe's most influential women, as well as some you may not have heard of, exploring their role as rulers, wives...

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In the early nineteenth century China remained almost untouched by British and European powers - but as new technology started to change this balan...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Harold M. TannerNumber of pages: 414Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 234 x 163 x 20Cover type: Pap...

Reducere. ``Does what it sets out to do and serves as a Chinese history text teenagers might actually read.`` --Asian Review of Books on Division to Unificat...

Jade figurines depicting human flight are a varied and expressive manifestation of this most prized artistic medium.

Considers the important aspects of life during the Han period, when the foundations were laid for the chief political, economic, cultural and socia...

'The classic, groundbreaking account of women's lives in Greece and Rome' Mary BeardFor centuries, half the ancient world remained invisible -- unt...

Reducere. Although China and Japan have had virtually uninterrupted contact going back over many centuries, the lion's share of works addressing both China a...

China's Grandmothers explores the status and lives of grandmothers in China from the late Qing to the present. Using a wide range of historical and...

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With inspiring new foreword from Caitlin Moran, enjoy this timeless tale of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - experiencing both hardship and a...

Reducere. ONE OF THE AWARD-WINNING ARI ARA SERIES A wild ride full of danger and adventure Exiled to the desert, Ari Ara is thrust between the warriors tryin...

This book sheds light on the invisible early post-arrival period of female family migrants. With attention to the experiences of Chinese and Taiwan...

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Reducere. When the U.S. Army ordered troops into Arizona Territory in the 19th century to protect and defend the new settlements established there, some of t...

Explore rare and previously unpublished photographs of the major bus manufacturer of Northern Ireland.

Today, with the negative news around the Chinese economy, it is easy to forget there are several sectors in China that will outperform most other i...

The Black Flags raided their way from southern China into northern Vietnam, competing during the second half of the nineteenth century against othe...

Reducere. Paul's letters stand at the center of the dispute over women, the church, and the home, with each side championing passages from the Apostle. Now, ...

Presents Little Women which describes the family life of the four March sisters living in a small New England community, and Good Wives which is th...

Imperial Panegyric from Diocletianto Honorius examines one of the most importantliteratures of the late Roman period - speeches of praise addressed...

Reducere. This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminalized by the state, arguing th...

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Sensible Meg, impetuous Jo, shy Beth and artistic Amy each have to confront different challenges as they grow up together and attempt to learn how ...

Cycling Home from Siberia author Rob Lilwall's unique adventure through freezing China from Mongolia to Hong Kong - this time on foot.Publisher: Ho...

Reducere. ONE OF THE AWARD-WINNING ARI ARA SERIES A wild ride full of danger and adventure Exiled to the desert, Ari Ara is thrust between the warriors tryin...

A new edition of this vivid cultural and social history of the daughters, sisters, mothers and wives of the men at the centre of a daring imperiali...