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The author provides a thought provoking literary history of the normative ideal of polygamy from the late Ming to the late Qing, countering the ideal with the theme of sublime love between two people. McMahon argues that the fantasies of polygamy had…

The last emperor of the Qing dynasty, Pu Yi, was the puppet head of this state

This volume of essays on Taiwan's development asks whether it is possible to identify in Taiwan's experience a replicable model of political and economic development. In particular, it considers both the potential and the limitations of Taiwan as a…

Translation of Towazugatari by Nakanoin Masatada no Musume. One of the oldest books in print by a woman, The Confessions of Lady Nijō is a memoir written by a high-spirited Japanese Imperial court concubine, covering the years 1271 to 1306. She tells…

Front page of the 1730 woodblock print of Shujing

Traveler with text

Poster with text and ox

Poster with text and ox

This book explores the transitions in rulership in late Yuan China beginning with a break with the empire founded by Genghis Khan and ending with the Yuan’s diminished power over China proper and finally the collapse of the dynasty. Critical to this…

This work looks into the Chinese social system for clues to the origin of the Ming autocracy, focusing on the role of Confucian doctrines in the rise of the Ming. He examines the elite stratum within Chinese society and the community of men broadly…