In the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), China experienced far greater access to political information than suggested by the blunt measures of control and censorship

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest m

This study of poetry by women in late imperial China examines the metamorphosis of the trope of the "inner chambers" (gui), to which women were confined in trad

Despite the importance of books and the written word in Chinese society, the history of the book in China is a topic that has been little explored. This pioneer

During China's late imperial period (roughly 1400-1900 CE), men would gather by the millions every two or three years outside official examination compounds spr