Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century - Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century

This text offers in-depth biographies of Chinese women from the fifth century BCE to the early 20th century. It reflects their achievements in poetry, literature, painting, music, dancing, calligraphy, medicine, science, politics, military leadership, diplomacy, religion, family and community life.

List of contents

I: Ancient Chinese Civilization: An Orientation to the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties; II: The Decline of the Zhou, the Period of the Warring States, and the Formation of the Qin and Han Dynasties; III: The Collapse of the Han, a Period of Disunion, and Revitalization; IV: The Sui Dynasty and China's Golden Age, the Tang Dynasty; V: The Song and Yuan Dynasties Revitalize China; VI: The Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Coming of the Opium Wars

About the author

Barbara Bennett Peterson

Summary

This text offers in-depth biographies of Chinese women from the fifth century BCE to the early 20th century. It reflects their achievements in poetry, literature, painting, music, dancing, calligraphy, medicine, science, politics, military leadership, diplomacy, religion, family and community life.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Bennett Peterson, Barbara (Emeritus Professor Bennett Peterson, Barbara Bennett Peterson, Paul E. Peterson
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780765605047
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-0504-7
• No. of pages: 440
• Weight: 861 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; China, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, HISTORY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Reference, Asian History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Dictionaries of biography, Dictionaries Of Biography (Who's Who)