Looking beyond the familiar trappings of the cult of female chastity—such as hagiographies of widows and chastity shrines--in late imperial China, this book explores the cult's political significance and practical ramifications in everyday life during the eighteenth century. In the first full-length study of the subject, Janet Theiss examines a vast number of laws, legal cases,...(展开全部)

Looking beyond the familiar trappings of the cult of female chastity—such as hagiographies of widows and chastity shrines--in late imperial China, this book explores the cult's political significance and practical ramifications in everyday life during the eighteenth century. In the first full-length study of the subject, Janet Theiss examines a vast number of laws, legal cases,...(展开全部)

Looking beyond the familiar trappings of the cult of female chastity—such as hagiographies of widows and chastity shrines--in late imperial China, this book explores the cult's political significance and practical ramifications in everyday life during the eighteenth century. In the first full-length study of the subject, Janet Theiss examines a vast number of laws, legal cases,...(展开全部)

哈里·狄金森（H.T.Dickinson），英国著名历史学家，爱丁堡大学杰出教授，两次出任英国皇家历史学会副主席，现任英国历史学会主席。狄金森教授长期从事英国史研究，并擅长用政治漫画来阐述历史。他在十八世纪英国历史、英国宪政史、英国政治思想史等领域成果斐然。代表著作有：《十八世纪英国的大众政治》、《财产与自由：十八世纪不列颠的政治意识形态》、《博林布鲁克》、《不列颠与法国大革命1789—1815》、《漫画与宪政1760—1832》、《十八世纪的政治和文学》等10余部。

喜仁龙（Osvald Sirén，1879—1966）：20世纪西方极为重要的中国美术史专家，首届查尔斯·兰·弗利尔奖章获得者。曾担任瑞典斯德哥尔摩大学艺术史教授、瑞典国家博物馆绘画与雕塑部管理员等职。1916年起，先后赴美国耶鲁大学、哈佛大学和日本的诸多名校讲学。1920年起六次来华，曾在末代皇帝溥仪陪同下拍摄故宫，对中国古代建筑、雕塑、绘画艺术研究极深，代表作有《北京的城墙和城门》（1924）、《中国雕塑》（1925）、《中国北京皇城写真全图》（1926）、《中国早期艺术史》（1929）、《中国绘画史》（1929—1930）、《中国园林》（1949）等。 赵省伟：“西洋镜”“东洋镜”“遗失在西方的中国史”系列丛书主编。厦门大学历史系毕业，自2011年起专注于中国历史影像的收藏和出版，藏有海量中国主题的法国、德国报纸和书籍。 陈昕：南昌师范学院外国...(展开全部)

This book examines the agrarian labor genre paintings based on the Pictures of Tilling and Weaving that were commissioned by successive Chinese emperors. Furthermore, this book analyzes the genre’s imagery as well as the poems in their historical context and explains how the paintings contributed to distinctively cosmopolitan Qing imagery that also drew upon European visual sty...(展开全部)

This book brings together an international body of scholars working on eighteenth-century botany within the context of imperial expansion. The eighteenth century saw widespread exploration, a tremendous increase in the traffic in botanical specimens, taxonomic breakthroughs, and horticultural experimentation. The contributors to this volume compare the impact of new development...(展开全部)

This book brings together an international body of scholars working on eighteenth-century botany within the context of imperial expansion. The eighteenth century saw widespread exploration, a tremendous increase in the traffic in botanical specimens, taxonomic breakthroughs, and horticultural experimentation. The contributors to this volume compare the impact of new development...(展开全部)

韩书瑞，美国著名汉学家、耶鲁大学历史系教授、费正清主编的《剑桥中国史》主要作者之一，独著有《千禧年之乱》、《山东叛乱》、《北京的宗教》、《中国大众宗教》等10余部。 罗友枝（Evelyn Rawski，罗斯基），美国匹兹堡大学中国史教授。