How Long to Read Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China

How Long Does it Take to Read Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 48 minutes to read Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China by Hsieh Bao Hua

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Description

In the long course of late imperial Chinese history, servants and concubines formed a vast social stratum in the hinterland along the Grand Canal, particularly in urban areas. Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China is a survey of the institutions and practice of concubinage and servitude in both the general populace and the imperial palace, with a focus on the examination of Ming-Qing political and socioeconomic history through the lives of this particular group of distinct yet associated individuals. The persistent theme of the book is how concubines, appointed by patriarchal polygamy, and servants, laboring under the master-servants hierarchy, experienced interactions and mobility within each institution and in associating with the other. While reviewing how ritual and law treated concubines and servants as patriarchal possessions, the author explores the perspectives available for individual concubines and servants and the limitations in their daily circumstances, searching for their “positional powers” and “privilege of the inferiors” in the context of Chinese culture during the Ming-Qing time period. For a list of the book's tables and their sources, please see: http://www.wou.edu/wp/hsiehb/

How long is Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China?

Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China by Hsieh Bao Hua is 397 pages long, and a total of 102,029 words.

This makes it 134% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 17 minutes to read Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China aloud.

What Reading Level is Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China?

Concubinage and Servitude in Late Imperial China is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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