Concubines and Bond Servants: The Social History of a Chinese Custom

Concubines and Bond Servants: The Social History of a Chinese Custom image
ISBN-10:

1597406856

ISBN-13:

9781597406857

Author(s): Jaschok, Maria
Released: Aug 01, 2008
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
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Description:

The practice of selling young daughters was common in southern China in the 19th and 20th centuries. Although the practice was formally abolished in 1923, the underlying social evaluation and attitudes survive and their importance is no less today than it was yesterday.

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