Chinese Empresses

by Bret Hinsch

Chinese Empresses highlights the stories of Chinese imperial women and how male authorities attempted to curb their power. It disputes the notion that Chinese empresses were simply hapless or powerless victims of the male-dominated political system. This book is not a compendium of biographies of Chinese empress. The objective is more fundamental. By analyzing details from the lives of representative empresses, it is possible to understand how women...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538186152
• ISBN13: 9781538186152
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 282 Pages