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312 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781442255012
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date: 21 April 2016
Description
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...
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312 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781442255012
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date: 21 April 2016
Description
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...