Women, Property, and Confucian Reaction in Sung and Yuan China 960 - 1368

Klappentext A 2002 evaluation of the Mongol invasion and its influence on Chinese law and society. Zusammenfassung This 2002 book argues that the Mongol invasion of China in the thirteenth century precipitated a lasting transformation of marriage and property law that deprived women of their property rights and reduced their legal and economic autonomy. It evaluates the Mongol invasion and its influence on Chinese law and society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Women and property before the Sung: evolution and continuity; 2. Women and property in the Sung: legal innovation in changing times; 3. Women's property and Confucian reaction in the Sung; 4. The transformation of marriage and property law in the Yuan; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Birge Bettine, Bettine Birge, Bettine (University of Southern California) Birge
• Assisted by: Patrick Hannan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.01.2002
• EAN: 9780521573733
• ISBN: 978-0-521-57373-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Chinese H
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages