Translating Science: The Transmission of Western Chemistry into Late Imperial China, 1840-1900 9004117768, 9789004117761

The city in late Imperial China 9789576383106

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Heterodoxy in Late Imperial China 9780824842024

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Negotiating Masculinities in Late Imperial China 9780824863739

Why did traditional Chinese literati so often identify themselves with women in their writing? What can this tell us abo

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John Fryer : The Introduction of Western Science and Technology into Nineteenth-Century China

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Writing Women in Late Imperial China 9780804765916

Until recently only a handful of women writers were thought to have existed in traditional China, but new scholarship ha

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Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China 9780415648363

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New Terms for New Ideas: Western Knowledge and Lexical Change in Late Imperial China 9004120467, 9789004120464

This volume is about the lasting impact of new (Western) notions on the 19th and early 20th century Chinese language; th

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The District Magistrate In Late Imperial China 0231035357, 9780231035354

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Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China 9781503619623

Presenting a new approach to the history of Chinese kinship, this book attempts to bridge the gap between anthropologica

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Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China 9780804764339

This study of the regulation of sexuality in the Qing dynasty explores the social context for sexual behavior criminaliz

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