Understanding China: A History Institute for Teachers

State and Society in Late Imperial China

Matthew Sommer

October 21–22, 2006

Todd Wehr Center, Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Matthew Sommer is Associate Professor of Chinese History at Stanford University, and author of Sex, Law, and Society in Late Imperial China (Stanford, 2000).

This lecture was part of Understanding China: A History Institute for Teachers, a weekend of discussion on teaching about China sponsored by FPRI’s Wachman Fund. Fifty teachers from 26 states across the country participated. The History Institute was co-sponsored by the Clausen Center for World Business, Carthage College.

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