Book review: friends of Sir Robert Hart: three generations ofcarrall women in China

摘要

Providing insightful descriptions of society and relationships in China in the late 1800s, MaryudTiffen’s recent book brings together archive sources and family records to document theudintersecting lives of notable and minor subjects of empire. Valentina Boretti would like to haveudseen more critical engagement with the material, but recommends the book to anyone with anudinterest in Victorian-era class and gender relations.