Women, property, and confucian reaction in sung and yuan china.

This book argues that the Mongol invasion of China in the thirteenth century precipitated a lasting transformation of marriage and property law that deprived women of their property rights and reduced their legal and economic autonomy. It re-evaluates the Mongol invasion and its influence on Chinese...

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Main Author: Birge, Bettine
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge Univ Press, 2002.
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