Women and Power in Imperial China 9781495170638

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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The Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context 0190455896, 9780190455897

The Imperial Women of Rome explores the constraints and activities of the women who were part of Rome's imperial fa

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Negotiated Power In Late Imperial China: The Zongli Yamen And The Politics Of Reform 1933947373, 9781933947372

Negotiated Power in Late Imperial China: The Zongli Yamen and the Politics of Reformexplores the nature and functioning

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Imperial Women in Byzantium 1025-1204: Power, Patronage and Ideology 1317884663, 9781317884668, 9781317884651

This book will be essential reading for anyone studying Byzantine history in this period. It ranges in time from the dea

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Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China 9780415648363

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Interpreters in Early Imperial China 9027224447, 9789027224446

This monograph examines interpreters in early imperial China and their roles in the making of archival records about for

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Imperial China: 900–1800

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Becoming Guanyin: Artistic Devotion of Buddhist Women in Late Imperial China

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New women in new China

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Power and Politics in Late Imperial China: Yuan Shi-Kai in Beijing and Tianjin, 1901-1908 0520040252, 9780520040250

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