The death of Woman Wang
By: Jonathan Spence
Publisher: Quercus
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9781847243423
Subjects: Social conditions; Women; Runaway wives; History
Description: Provincial China in the late 17th century: drawing on a range of sources, including local Chinese histories, the memories of scholars and other writings, the author reconstructs a tale of rural tragedy in a remote corner of the north-eastern Chinese province of Shantung.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-169).

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