Servants of the dynasty : palace women in world history /
Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe, this work opens a new perspective on the monarchies that have dominated much of human history. Written...
| Други автори: | Walthall, Anne. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
℗♭2008.
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| Серия: |
California world history library ;
7. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=246030 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Servants of the dynasty. |
| Резюме: |
Mothers, wives, concubines, entertainers, attendants, officials, maids, drudges. By offering the first comparative view of the women who lived, worked, and served in royal courts around the globe, this work opens a new perspective on the monarchies that have dominated much of human history. Written by leading historians, anthropologists, and archeologists, these lively essays take us from Mayan states to twentieth-century Benin in Nigeria, to the palace of Japanese Shoguns, the Chinese Imperial courts, eighteenth-century Versailles, Mughal India, and beyond. Together they investigate how women. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
"An Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xi, 381 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-358) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0520941519 9780520941519 1281752657 9781281752659 |