Biographical dictionary of Chinese women : antiquity through Sui, 1600 B.C.E.-618 C.E. / / editors-in-chief, Lily Xiao Hong Lee and A.D. Stefanowska ; assistant editor-in-chief, Sue Wiles ; coordinators, Elizabeth Childs-Johnson and others

• Pubblicazione: Armonk, N.Y. : , : M.E. Sharpe, , 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxx, 405 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.4'092'251; 920.72; 920.720951B
• Soggetto topico: Women - China; Women - China - History
• Soggetto geografico: China Biography Dictionaries
• Persona (resp. second.): LeeLily Xiao Hong; StefanowskaA. D.; WilesSue <1940->; Childs-JohnsonElizabeth
• Note generali: "An East Gate Book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women; Contents; Preface; Editors' Note; Acknowledgments; Guide to Chinese Words Used; Contributors; Translators; Chronology of Dynasties andMajor Rulers; Finding List by Backgroundor Fields of Endeavor; Biographies; Glossary of Chinese Names
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Biographical dictionary of chinese women
• ISBN: 1-317-47590-9; 1-315-70612-1; 1-282-11946-X; 1-78034-283-7; 9786612119460; 0-7656-2463-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910777997803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: University of Hong Kong Libraries publications.