The Salt Merchants of Tianjin: State-Making and Civil Society in Late Imperial China 9780824865009

Civil Examinations and Meritocracy in Late Imperial China 9780674726048

During China's late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men gathered by the millions every two or three years o

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Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China 9780804764339, 0804764336

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

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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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Honorable Merchants: Commerce and Self-Cultivation in Late Imperial China 9780824874650

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The city in late Imperial China 9789576383106

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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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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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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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