D. E. Mungello

Drowning Girls in China

Female Infanticide in China since 1650

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780742555310
• ISBN-10: 0742555313
• Artikelnr.: 23526755

Autorenporträt

Baylor University

Inhaltsangabe

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