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Celestial women : imperial wives and concubines in China from Song to Qing /

"This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged participants in palace life, whether...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McMahon, Keith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Prologue: After Wu Zetian
  • Part 1. The Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, 960-1368
  • The Song dynasty
  • The Jin and Yuan dynasties, 1115-1368
  • Part 2. The Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
  • From founder to 1505
  • Three intemperate rulers, 1506-1572
  • The last Ming emperors, 1573-1644
  • Conclusion: Giving reign to imperial will
  • Part 3. The Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
  • The founding of the Qing, 1636-1722
  • From Yongzheng to Xianfeng (1722-1861)
  • Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908)
  • Conclusion: The lack of good sons
  • Conclusion to part 3
  • Appendix.