Court Life in China: The Capital Its Officials and People in 1910

Court Life in China: The Capital Its Officials and People in 1910

ByISAAC TAYLOR HEADLAND Professor Peking University

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Until within the past ten years a study of Chinese court life would have been an impossibility. The Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the court ladies were shut up within the Forbidden City, away from a world they were anxious to see, and which was equally anxious to see them. Then the Emperor instituted reform, the Empress Dowager came out from behind the screen, and the court entered into social relations with Europeans.

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Publication Date
Mar 24, 2007
Language
English
Category
History
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
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By (author): ISAAC TAYLOR HEADLAND Professor Peking University

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Pages
206
Binding Type
Paperback Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)

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