Palace Women in the Northern Sung 9789004065079, 9781495170638

Priscilla Ching Chung’s pioneering study of women in ancient China was followed by decades of rapid growth in this area

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Palace Women in the Northern Sung
9789004065079, 9781495170638

Women and Power in Imperial China focuses on the status and roles of women in China, especially those who had a signific

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In this first in-depth study of the ruling family of Tunisia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Kallander inves

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Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view

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The Sung Dynasty (960-1279) was a paradoxical era for Chinese women. This was a time when footbinding spread, and Confuc

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"Women come to the fore in witchcraft trials as accused persons or as witnesses, and this book is a study of women&

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Residents of Parma, Italy pride themselves on their sophistication and connection to European modernity. But despite a r

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*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents By t

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