The inner quarters marriage and the lives of Chinese women in the Sung period /
The Sung Dynasty (960-1279) was a paradoxical era for Chinese women. This was a time when footbinding spread, and Confucian scholars began to insist that it was better for a widow to starve than to remarry. Yet there were also improvements in women's status in marriage and property rights. In t...
Main Author: | Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, 1947- |
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Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[1993]
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xviii, 332 pages) |
Series: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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CMU Electronic Access
Electronic Resource Click HereLocation | Call Number: | Status |
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CMU Electronic Access | Available |