Afghanistan [[electronic resource] ] : actions needed to improve accountability of U.S. assistance to Afghanistan government : report to Congressional addressees

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910700988703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2011]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ii, 43 pages) : color illustrations
• Soggetti: Economic assistance, American - Afghanistan
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 25, 2011).; "July 2011."; "GAO-11-710."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Background -- The United States more than tripled its awards of direct assistance to Afghanistan in 2010 through USAID and DOD -- USAID and DOD have taken steps to help ensure accountability over bilateral direct assistance, but USAID has not required risks to be assessed in advance in all cases -- USAID has not consistently assessed risks of contributions to ARTF, while DOD has recently established risk assessment guidance for LOTFA -- Conclusion.

Celestial women : imperial wives and concubines in China from Song to Qing / / Keith McMahon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821158503321
• Autore: McMahon Keith
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016
• ISBN: 1-4422-5502-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 951.009/9
• Soggetti: Emperors' spouses - China - History; Mistresses - China - History; Polygamy - Political aspects - China - History; Concubinage - China - History; Emperors' spouses - China; Mistresses - China; Women - Political activity - China - History; Sex role - China - History; China Politics and government 960-1644; China Politics and government 1644-1912
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue: After Wu Zetian -- Part 1. The Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, 960-1368 -- The Song dynasty -- The Jin and Yuan dynasties, 1115-1368 -- Part 2. The Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 -- From founder to 1505 -- Three intemperate rulers, 1506-1572 -- The last Ming emperors, 1573-1644 -- Conclusion: Giving reign to imperial will -- Part 3. The Qing dynasty, 1644-1911 -- The founding of the Qing, 1636-1722 -- From Yongzheng to Xianfeng (1722-1861) -- Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) -- Conclusion: The lack of good sons -- Conclusion to part 3 -- Appendix.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This volume completes Keith McMahon's acclaimed history of imperial wives and royal polygamy in China. Avoiding the stereotype of the emperor's plural wives as mere victims or playthings, the book considers empresses and concubines as full-fledged participants in ; palace life, whether as mothers, wives, or go-betweens in the emperor's relations with others in the palace. Although restrictions on women's participation in politics increased dramatically after Empress Wu in the Tang, the author follows the strong and active women, of both high and low rank, who continued to appear. They counseled emperors, ghostwrote for them, oversaw succession when they died, and dominated them when they were weak. They influenced the emperor's relationships with other women and enhanced their aura and that of the royal house with their acts of artistic and religious patronage. Dynastic history ended in China when the prohibition that women should not rule was defied for the final time by Dowager Cixi, the last great monarch before China's transformation into a republic"--Provided by publisher.