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Politics, poetics, and gender in late Qing China : Xue Shaohui and the era of reform /

In 1898, Qing dynasty emperor Guangxu ordered a series of reforms to correct the political, economic, cultural, and educational weaknesses exposed by China's defeat by Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. The ""Hundred Day's Reform"" has received a great deal of attent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Qian, Nanxiu (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In 1898, Qing dynasty emperor Guangxu ordered a series of reforms to correct the political, economic, cultural, and educational weaknesses exposed by China's defeat by Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. The ""Hundred Day's Reform"" has received a great deal of attention from historians who have focused on the well-known male historical actors, but until now the Qing women reformers have received almost no consideration. In this book, historian Nanxiu Qian reveals the contributions of the active, optimistic, and self-sufficient women reformers of the late Qing Dynasty. Qian examines the late
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804794275
0804794278