Author : Lily Xiao Hong Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 38,76 MB
Release : 2015-07-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1317475879
The first biographical dictionary in any Western language devoted solely to Chinese women, this reference is the product of years of research, translation, and writing by a team of over 60 China scholars from around the world. Compiled from a wide array of original sources, these detailed biographies present the lives, work, and significance of more than 200 Chinese women from many different backgrounds and areas of interest.
Author : Lily Lee
Publisher :
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 1999
Category : China
ISBN : 9789622094826
This new volume of the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women spans more than 2,000 years from antiquity to the early seventh century. It recovers the stories of more than 200 women, nearly all of them unknown in the West. The contributors have sifted carefully through the available sources, from the oracle bones to the earliest legends, from Liu Xiang's didactic Biographies to official and unofficial histories, for glimpses and insights into the lives of women.
Author : Lily Xiao Hong Lee
Publisher : East Gate Book
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 20,81 MB
Release : 1998
Category : China
ISBN :
This reference, compiled from an array of original sources, provides biographies of the lives, work and significance of over 200 Chinese women from various backgrounds and areas of interest including literature, painting, drama, embroidery, pottery, politics, science, religion and cuisine.
Author : Lily Xiao Hong Lee
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 797 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 1998
Category : China
ISBN : 0765607980
A biographical dictionary devoted to Chinese women, this text is the result of years of research, translation and writing from contributors from around the world. This volume focuses on the 20th century and includes sportwomen, film stars, musicians, politicians, artists, educators and more.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 34,16 MB
Release : 1998
Category : China
ISBN :
Author : William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi
Publisher : Soyinfo Center
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 11,78 MB
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Physicians
ISBN : 1928914853
The world's most comprehensive, well documented, and well illustrated book on this subject. With extensive subject and geographical index, 125 photographs and illustrations - mostly color. Free of charge in digital PDF format on Google Books.
Author : Lily Xiao Hong Lee
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 797 pages
File Size : 46,45 MB
Release : 2016-07-08
Category : History
ISBN : 131549924X
The first biographical dictionary in any Western language devoted solely to Chinese women, Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women is the product of years of research, translation, and writing by scores of China scholars from around the world. Volume II: Twentieth Century includes a far greater range of women than would have been previously possible because of the enormous amount of historical material and scholarly research that has become available recently. They include scientists, businesswomen, sportswomen, military officers, writers, scholars, revolutionary heroines, politicians, musicians, opera stars, film stars, artists, educators, nuns, and more.
Author : Mary K. Mannix
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838912958
Profiling more than 1400 print and electronic sources, this book helps connect librarians and researchers to the most relevant sources of information in genealogy and biography.
Author : Zing Tsjeng
Publisher : Brazen
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 43,59 MB
Release : 2023-03-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1914240677
'To say this [book] is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - indy100 'Here's to no more forgotten women.' - Evening Standard Forgotten Women reaches around the world and its history to rediscover, retell and reinstate the lives of over 190 important and significant women. From Neolithic times to modernity, Zing Tsjeng has traced the women who have shaped their age and revolutionised society. In this book lies the strength, lives and sacrifices of women who have refused to accept the hand they've been dealt and have changed the course of our futures accordingly.
Author : Mina Roces
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 12,57 MB
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1136968008
Written by leading international experts, this book provides an overview of the history and current context of feminism in 12 Asian countries. This breadth of coverage, together with suggestions for further study, and an integrated cross-national timeline makes Women's Movements in Asia ideal for use on courses looking at women and feminism in Asia.
