03104nam 22006374a 450 991081798240332120200520144314.00-520-92238-71-59734-871-610.1525/9780520922389(CKB)111056485638824(EBL)223580(OCoLC)475928488(SSID)ssj0000237827(PQKBManifestationID)11202973(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000237827(PQKBWorkID)10222073(PQKB)10621145(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055954(MiAaPQ)EBC223580(DE-B1597)542760(DE-B1597)9780520922389(Au-PeEL)EBL223580(CaPaEBR)ebr10051545(OCoLC)1153459684(EXLCZ)9911105648563882419990507d2000 ub 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrRevolutionizing the family politics, love, and divorce in urban and rural China, 1949-1968 /Neil J. DiamantReprint 2019Berkeley University of California Pressc20001 online resource (460 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-21720-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-423) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --MAPS, TABLES, AND FIGURES --PREFACE --CHAPTER ONE. Introduction --CHAPTER TWO. The State and the Family in Urban China: Beijing and Shanghai, 1950-1953 --CHAPTER THREE. Between "Urban" and "Rural": Family Reform in the Beijing and Shanghai Suburbs, 1950-1953 --CHAPTER FOUR. Family Reform in the Southwest Frontier, 1950-1953 --CHAPTER FIVE. The Politics and Culture of Divorce and Marriage in Urban China, 1954-1966 --CHAPTER SIX. The Family in Flux: Family and Personal Relationships in Rural Areas, 1954-1966 --CHAPTER SEVEN. The Conservative Backlash: Politics, Sex, and the Family in the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1968 --CHAPTER EIGHT. Conclusion --AFTERWORD. Observations on State-Family Relations in the Reform Period --APPENDIX. Texts of the "Decree Regarding Marriage" and the 1950 Marriage Law --NOTES --BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEXIn 1950, China's new Communist government enacted a Marriage Law to allow free choice in marriage and easier access to divorce. Prohibiting arranged marriages, concubinage, and bigamy, it was one of the most dramatic efforts ever by a state to change marital and family relationships.Politics, love, and divorce in urban and rural China, 1949-1964FamiliesChinaFamily policyChinaChinaSocial conditions1949-1976FamiliesFamily policy306.85/0951Diamant Neil Jeffrey1964-1756761MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817982403321Revolutionizing the family4198531UNINA