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This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and marriage, motherhood, political power, work, inheritance, education, religious roles, and virtues. He considers not only the lived world of women, but also delves into their emotional life and the ideals they pursued. Drawing on a wide range of Western and Chinese primary and secondary sources—including standard histories, poetry, prose literature, and epitaphs—Hinsch makes an important period of Chinese women’s history accessible to Western readers.
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The Internet: An Ethnographic ApproachAn examination of Internet culture and consumption. The Internet is increasingly shaping, and being shaped by, users' lives. From cybercafes to businesses, from middle class houses to squatters settlements, the authors have gathered material on subjects as varied as personal relations, commerce, sex and religion. Websites are also analyzed as new... | | Industrial Gas Flaring Practices
This volume tackles for the first time in decades the world's gas flaring practices, a difficult, hot-button issue of our time, whose consequences are only just beginning to be understood. The book examines both the technical and environmental aspects of gas flaring, highlights different flare designs, and presents real-world case studies... | | Pancreatic Cancer: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Medicine)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the fourth leading cause of cancer
death in the United States. Annually approximately 30,000 Americans are
diagnosed with the disease and most will die from it within five years. Pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma is unique because of its late onset in age, high
mortality, small tumor samples... |
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