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1 online resource : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Making the future reformers (1866-97). Xue Shaohui and the Min writing-women culture -- The Chen brothers and the Fuzhou Navy Yard culture -- A marriage between the two cultures -- Revitalizing the Xianyuan tradition in the late Qing reform era (1897-1911). The 1897-98 Shanghai campaign for women's education -- Translating the female West to expand Chinese women's space -- Introducing modern science and technology through literature -- Xue's self-repositioning in the family -- Xue's literary response to the late Qing reforms. |
| Summary |
In 1898, Qing dynasty emperor Guangxu ordered a series of reforms to correct the political, economic, cultural, and educational weaknesses exposed by China's defeat by Japan in the First Sino-Japanese War. The ""Hundred Day's Reform"" has received a great deal of attention from historians who have focused on the well-known male historical actors, but until now the Qing women reformers have received almost no consideration. In this book, historian Nanxiu Qian reveals the contributions of the active, optimistic, and self-sufficient women reformers of the late Qing Dynasty.Qian examines the late. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Xue, Shaohui, 1866-1911 -- Political and social views.
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Xue, Shaohui, 1866-1911. |
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Political and social views. |
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Women authors, Chinese -- Political and social views.
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Women authors, Chinese. |
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Women social reformers -- China -- History.
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Women social reformers. |
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China. |
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History. |
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Women's rights -- China -- History.
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Women's rights. |
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Women and literature -- China -- History.
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Women and literature. |
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Politics and literature -- China -- History.
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Politics and literature. |
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China -- History -- Reform movement, 1898.
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China -- Politics and government -- 1644-1912.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
1644-1912 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Qian, Nanxiu, author. Politics, poetics, and gender in late Qing China 9780804792400 (DLC) 2014044062 (OCoLC)893896005 |
| ISBN |
9780804794275 electronic book |
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0804794278 electronic book |
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9780804792400 |
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0804792402 |
| Standard No. |
99963186518 |
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