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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      24 August 2009
      07 January 2002
      ISBN:
      9780511511950
      9780521573733
      9780521180726
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511511950
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.658kg, 368 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 368 Pages
      • Subjects:
      East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, Regional History Before 1500
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions
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    Subjects:
    East Asian History, Area Studies, Asian Studies, History, Regional History Before 1500
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Chinese History, Literature and Institutions
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    This book, originally published in 2002, argues that the Mongol invasion of the thirteenth century precipitated a transformation of marriage and property law in China that deprived women of their property rights and reduced their legal and economic autonomy. It describes how after a period during which women's property rights were steadily improving, and laws and practices affecting marriage and property were moving away from Confucian ideals, the Mongol occupation created a new constellation of property and gender relations that persisted to the end of the imperial era. It shows how the Mongol-Yüan rule in China ironically created the conditions for radical changes in the law, which for the first time brought it into line with the goals of Learning the Way Confucians and which curtailed women's financial and personal autonomy. The book evaluates the Mongol invasion and its influence on Chinese law and society.

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    Review of the hardback:'Bettine Birge has written an important and provocative book of interest to all students of Chinese history … a sharply and densely argued account … she presents readings and views that will, I am sure, remain central to much future scholarly discussion of Chinese women's rights and Sung social history.'

    Source: Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

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