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Margery Wolf - Revolution Postponed - 9780804712439 - V9780804712439
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Revolution Postponed

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Description for Revolution Postponed Hardback. The Communist revolution promised Chinese women an end to thousands of years of subjugation, an equality with men in all matters legal, political, social, and economic. This book examines the extent to which this promise has been kept. Num Pages: 300 pages, 25 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSJ1; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 26. Weight in Grams: 517.

The Communist revolution promised Chinese women an end to thousands of years of subjugation, an equality with men in all matters legal, political, social, and economic. This book examines the extent to which this promise has been kept. Based on nearly a year of field research and interviews with over 300 women in six widely separated rural and urban areas, it gives us a vivid picture of Chinese women today - their day-to-day lives, their views of the present, and their hopes for the future. To date nothing approximating equality has been achieved: in working conditions, in pay, in educational ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804712439
SKU
V9780804712439
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15

Reviews for Revolution Postponed
'Margery Wolf is an anthropologist well practiced in observing, documenting,and analyzing the Chinese family, community, and society from the female perspective ... This book both sensitively records and astutely analyzes the details of women's activities, their relationships, attitudes, and aspirations, as presented and interpreted by women in China themselves.' Elizabeth Croll, The Times Literary Supplement

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