| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 385 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies on China ; 12 |
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Studies on China ; 12.
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| Contents |
Marriages of the ruling elite in the Spring and Autumn period / Melvin P. Thatcher -- Imperial marriage in the native Chinese and non-Han state : Han to Ming / Jennifer Holmgren -- Shifts in marriage finance from the sixth to the thirteenth century / Patricia Buckley Ebrey -- The marriage of Sung imperial clanswomen / John W. Chaffee -- Ch'ing imperial marriage and problems of rulership / Evelyn S. Rawski -- Grooming a daughter for marriage : brides and wives in the mid-Ch'ing period / Susan Mann -- Wives, concubines, and maids : servitude and kinship in the Hong Kong region, 1900-1940 / Rubie S. Watson -- Prostitution and the market in early twentieth-century Shanghai / Gail Hershatter -- Marriage and mobility under rural collectivism / William Lavely -- Women, property, and law in the People's Republic of China / Jonathan K. Ocko -- Afterword : Marriage and gender inequality / Rubie S. Watson |
| Summary |
Until now our understanding of marriage in China has been based primarily on observations made during the twentieth century. The research of ten eminent scholars presented here provides a new vision of marriage in Chinese history, exploring the complex interplay between marriage and the social, political, economic, and gender inequalities that have so characterized Chinese society |
| Analysis |
Marriage |
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China |
| Notes |
Papers presented at the Conference on Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society, held Jan. 1988, Pacific Grove, Calif |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Marriage -- China -- History -- Congresses
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Marriage customs and rites -- China -- History -- Congresses
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Sex role -- China -- History -- Congresses
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Equality -- China -- History -- Congresses
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Marriage -- China -- History
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Sex role -- China -- History
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Equality -- China -- History
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Marriage.
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Equality
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Marriage
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Marriage customs and rites
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Sex role
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Eheschließung
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Gleichheit
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Geschichte
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Gleichberechtigung
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Ehe
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Huwelijk.
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Sociale ongelijkheid.
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Rites et cérémonies -- Chine.
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Femmes -- Chine.
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Mariage -- Chine -- Histoire.
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Rôle selon le sexe -- Chine -- Histoire.
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China
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China
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Chine -- Conditions sociales.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Watson, Rubie S. (Rubie Sharon), 1945-
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Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947-
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Joint Committee on Chinese Studies (U.S.)
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Conference on Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society (1988 : Pacific Grove, Calif.)
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| ISBN |
9780520910454 |
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0520910451 |
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0585108536 |
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9780585108537 |
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9780520069305 |
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0520069307 |
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