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Geritsen, Anne (2007) A tale of two melons : emperor and subject in Ming China. Journal of Asian Studies, Vol.66 (No.3). pp. 832-834. ISSN 0021-9118
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0021911807001027
Abstract
In the insightful analysis of their story, Schneewind uncovers the meanings assigned to this pair of melons by those who were in attendance when the fruits were presented to the emperor and by those who wrote about them afterward.
| Item Type: | Book Review |
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History |
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Asian Studies |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| ISSN: | 0021-9118 |
| Book Title: | A tale of two melons: emperor and subject in Ming China |
| Date: | 17 August 2007 |
| Volume: | Vol.66 |
| Number: | No.3 |
| Page Range: | pp. 832-834 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0021911807001027 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
| References: | Book reviewed: A Tale of Two Melons: Emperor and Subject in Ming China. By Sarah Schneewind. Indianapolis, Ind.: Hackett, 2006. 176 pp. $32.95 (cloth); $8.95 (paper). |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/308 |
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