Celestial women : imperial wives and concubines in China from Song to Qing / Keith McMahon.
2016
DS750.78 .M35 2016 (Mapit)
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Celestial women : imperial wives and concubines in China from Song to Qing / Keith McMahon.
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9781442255012 (hardcover)
1442255013 (hardcover)
1442255013 (hardcover)
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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
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English
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xxxiii, 277 pages ; 24 cm
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DS750.78 .M35 2016
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951.009/9
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.