Women and Property in China, 960-1949

"This is an original and wholly new analysis of changes in women's inheritance rights in China. . . . With her mastery of the legal code and the language of casebooks, as well as her access to unique archival collections, Bernhardt's findings rest on an irreproachable mass of data; the book is a classic example of careful scholarship."--Susan Mann, University of California, Davis
"Using research from 430 actual cases during the period covered . . . Bernhardt emphasizes how the laws were applied in practice rather than what those laws actually mandated. . . . As such, the book is a valuable addition to scholarship on Chinese history, and more specifically the complex history of Chinese women."--History: Reviews of New Books

About the author

Kathryn Bernhardt is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Summary

Drawing on newly available archival case records, this book demonstrates that Chinese women's rights to property changed substantially from the Song through the Qing dynasties, and even more dramatically under the Republican Civil Code of 1929-30.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Bernhardt
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2002
• EAN: 9780804735278
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-3527-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 386 g
• Series: Law, Society, and Culture in China; Law, Society, and Culture in C
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous