Drowning Girls in China - Female Infanticide in China Since 1650

Informationen zum Autor Baylor University Klappentext This groundbreaking book offers the first full analysis of the long-neglected and controversial subject of female infanticide in China. Drawing on little-known Chinese documents and illustrations, noted historian D. E. Mungello describes the causes of female infanticide and its persistence for two thousand years. Zusammenfassung This groundbreaking book offers the first full analysis of the long-neglected and controversial subject of female infanticide in China. Drawing on little-known Chinese documents and illustrations! noted historian D. E. Mungello describes the causes of female infanticide and its persistence for two thousand years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Female InfanticideChapter 2: Female Infanticide in Nineteenth-Century ChinaChapter 3: Official and Literati Efforts to Combat InfanticideChapter 4: Infanticide DeniersChapter 5: The European Cult of Chinese ChildrenChapter 6: Christian Mission Efforts to Aid FoundlingsChapter 7: Female Infanticide in Modern ChinaConclusion

Product details

• Authors: D. Mungello, D. E. Mungello, David E. Mungello, Mungello D. E.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2008
• EAN: 9780742555310
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5531-0
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Social and cultural history, Ethical issues & debates, Cultural studies: customs and traditions, Ethical issues and debates, Asian studies;China studies