Artisans in Early Imperial China 9780295987132, 9780295749389, 0295987138

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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Literate Community in Early Imperial China: The Northwestern Frontier in Han Times 1438475136, 9781438475134

This book examines ancient written materials from China's northwestern border regions to offer fresh insights into

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Women and Power in Imperial China 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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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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The city in late Imperial China 9789576383106

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Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China 9780415648363

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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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Astral Sciences in Early Imperial China: Observation, Sagehood and the Individual 9781107139022, 1107139023

Challenging monolithic modern narratives about 'Chinese science', Daniel Patrick Morgan examines the astral sc

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Written at Imperial Command: Panegyric Poetry in Early Medieval China 0791473694, 9780791473696

This is the first book-length study of panegyric poetry—yingzhao shi or poetry presented to imperial rulers—in the Chine

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