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Women shall not rule: imperial wives and concubines in China from Han to Liao
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Year: 2013 Publisher: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield

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Women shall not rule : imperial wives and concubines in China from Han to Liao
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ISBN: 1538141949 1442222905 9781442222908 9781442222908 1299713025 9781299713024 9781442222892 1442222891 9781538141946 Year: 2013 Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub.,

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Chinese rulers guaranteed male successors by taking multiple wives, sometimes in the thousands. Women Shall Not Rule is a fascinating history of the imperial wives and concubines, especially in light of the greatest challenges to polygamous harmony-rivalry between women and their attempts to engage in politics. Keith McMahon, a leading expert on the history of gender in China, draws upon decades of research to describe polygamous emperors and women rulers throughout Chinese history. Displaying rare historical breadth, his


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Women shall not rule : imperial wives and concubines in Chian from Han to Liao
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ISBN: 9781442222892 Year: 2013 Publisher: Lanham [etc.] Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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