New York. Rowman & Littlefield. (circa2011). 2nd Edition. Black and white illustrations, 239pp, notes, bibliography, index, paperback copy. After a long spell of chaos, the Qin and Han dynasties (221 BCE-220 CE) saw the unification of the Chinese Empire under a single ruler, government, and code of law. During this..... More
New York. Rowman & Littlefield. (circa2016). Black and white illustrations, 255pp, note, glossary, bibliography, index, paperback. This accessible text provides a comprehensive survey of women's history in China from the Neolithic period through the end of the Qing dynasty in the early twentieth century. Rather than providing an exhaustive chronicle..... More
Sydney. Allen & Unwin. 1999. Maps, black and white photographic plates, xix + 308pp, chronology, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. New copy. "This is the story, never before told in English, of three of the thirty women who marched out of southern China with 85,000 soldiers of the Red Army..... More
Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. 2003. 242pp, bibliography, notes, glossary, paperback. Translated by Jing M. Wang and Shirley Chang, originally published in Chinese in 1945. Collection of nine stories that sheds new light on the experiences of Chinese women during WWII. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 2006. xv + 297pp, references, index, dustjacket. "Tyrene White's careful reading of documentary evidence from the 1950s leads to a nuanced and interesting picture of internal debates within the Chinese leadership and among intellectuals about birth control issues in a period prior to mandatory family planning..... More
United Kingdom. Palgrave Macmillan. 2012. x+ 244 pages, index, references, notes, paperback. Based on three years of extensive fieldwork, this ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of rural migrant women working as karaoke bar hostesses, delving into the interplay of gender politics..... More
