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001 2013005101
003 DLC
005 20140802081403.0
008 130219s2013 mdua b 001 0deng
010 $a 2013005101
020 $a9781442222892 (cloth : alkaline paper)
020 $z9781442222908 (electronic)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-cc---
050 00 $aDS747.45$b.M37 2013
082 00 $a951/.0109252$223
100 1 $aMcMahon, Keith.
245 10 $aWomen shall not rule :$bimperial wives and concubines in China from Han to Liao /$cKeith McMahon.
264 1 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.,$c2013.
300 $axiii, 295 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references( pages 277-279) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: Sexual Politics and State Politics -- Part I. Early China, 1250 BC-317 CE -- The Institution and Values of Royal Polygamy -- Empresses and Consorts of the Former Han, 206 BCE-25 CE -- The Later Han to the End of the Western Jin, 25-317 -- Conclusion to Part I: A Review of Themes from the Biographies of Empresses and Consorts -- Part II. The Eastern Jin to the Reign of Wu Zetian, 317-712 -- The Period of Disunity, 317-589 -- The Sui and Early Tang Dynasties to Empress Wu, 581-705 -- Conclusion to Part II: The Question of Female Rulership -- Part III. The High Tang to the Liao, 712-1125 -- The Tang from Xuanzong to Its Fall, 712-907 -- The Love Affair of an Aging Emperor and his Young Consort -- The Five Dynasties, Ten Kingdoms, and the Liao, 907-1125 -- Concludion to Part III: Strong Women and Weak Men.
650 0 $aEmperors' spouses$zChina$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aMistresses$zChina$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aPolygamy$xPolitical aspects$zChina$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aConcubinage$zChina$xHistory$yTo 1500.
651 0 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y221 B.C.-960 A.D.
651 0 $aChina$xPolitics and government$y960-1279.
650 0 $aEmperors' spouses$zChina$vBiography.
650 0 $aMistresses$zChina$vBiography.
650 0 $aWomen$xPolitical activity$zChina$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aSex role$zChina$xHistory$yTo 1500.