Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women
Author | : A. D. Stefanowska |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 1780342837 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781780342832 |
Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women written by A. D. Stefanowska and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, spans more than 2,000 years and recovers the stories of more than 200 women, nearly all of them unknown in the West. Empresses and consorts, nuns and shamans, women of noteriety or exemplary virtue, women of daring and women of artistic or scholarly accomplishment--all are to be found in this remarkable dictionary.