Drowning Girls in China - Female Infanticide in China Since 1650

Informationen zum Autor D. E. Mungello has been a leading scholar in Sino-Western history. From 1979 to 2016 he founded and edited a journal dedicated to the post-Mao Zedong era revival of contacts between Chinese and foreign historians. His books include Leibniz and Confucianism , Curious Land , The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500-1800 , The Spirit and the Flesh in Shandong, 1650-1785 , Drowning Girls in China: Female Infanticide since 1650 , Western Queers in China: Flight to the Land of Oz, The Catholic Invasion of China , This Suffering is my Joy: The Underground Church in Eighteenth-Century China and Interracial Lovers in Revolutionary China . He is the Professor of History Emeritus at 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 Infanticide Chapter 2: Female Infanticide in Nineteenth-Century China Chapter 3: Official and Literati Efforts to Combat Infanticide Chapter 4: Infanticide Deniers Chapter 5: The European Cult of Chinese Children Chapter 6: Christian Mission Efforts to Aid Foundlings Chapter 7: Female Infanticide in Modern China Conclusion

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: D. Mungello, D. E. Mungello, David E. Mungello, Mungello D. E.
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 27.06.2008
• EAN: 9780742555310
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5531-0
• Pages: 186
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; 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