Polyandry and wife-selling in Qing dynasty China : survival strategies and judicial interventions / / Matthew H. Sommer |
Autore | Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (493 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0951/09032 |
Soggetto topico |
Married women - China - Social conditions
Polyandry - China Rural poor - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
asian culture
asian studies chinese culture chinese law chinese wives east asian history gender studies history of wife selling imperial china late imperial china marital practices in imperial china marriage and family in china marriage and sex in china marriage in china multiple spouses in china polyandry polygamy in rural poor qing china qing dynasty history qing dynasty rural poor in china second husbands in china social history of china wife selling in china wife selling in qing china |
ISBN | 0-520-96219-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS IN THE TEXT -- MAP: Provinces of China Proper within the Qing Empire, circa 1800 -- Introduction -- 1. "Getting a Husband to Support a Husband" -- 2. Attitudes of Families, Communities, and Women toward Polyandry -- 3. The Intermediate Range of Practice -- 4. Anatomy of a Wife Sale -- 5. Analysis of the Prices in Wife Sales -- 6. Negotiations between Men over Wife Sales -- 7. Wives, Their Natal Families, and Children -- 8. Four Variations on a Theme -- 9. Formal Law and Central Court Interpretation from Ming through High Qing -- 10. Absolutism versus Pragmatism in Central Court Treatment of Wife Sales -- 11. Flexible Adjudication of Routine Cases in the Local Courts -- Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- CHARACTER LIST -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797496203321 |
Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Polyandry and wife-selling in Qing dynasty China : survival strategies and judicial interventions / / Matthew H. Sommer |
Autore | Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (493 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.0951/09032 |
Soggetto topico |
Married women - China - Social conditions
Polyandry - China Rural poor - China |
Soggetto non controllato |
asian culture
asian studies chinese culture chinese law chinese wives east asian history gender studies history of wife selling imperial china late imperial china marital practices in imperial china marriage and family in china marriage and sex in china marriage in china multiple spouses in china polyandry polygamy in rural poor qing china qing dynasty history qing dynasty rural poor in china second husbands in china social history of china wife selling in china wife selling in qing china |
ISBN | 0-520-96219-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONVENTIONS IN THE TEXT -- MAP: Provinces of China Proper within the Qing Empire, circa 1800 -- Introduction -- 1. "Getting a Husband to Support a Husband" -- 2. Attitudes of Families, Communities, and Women toward Polyandry -- 3. The Intermediate Range of Practice -- 4. Anatomy of a Wife Sale -- 5. Analysis of the Prices in Wife Sales -- 6. Negotiations between Men over Wife Sales -- 7. Wives, Their Natal Families, and Children -- 8. Four Variations on a Theme -- 9. Formal Law and Central Court Interpretation from Ming through High Qing -- 10. Absolutism versus Pragmatism in Central Court Treatment of Wife Sales -- 11. Flexible Adjudication of Routine Cases in the Local Courts -- Conclusion -- APPENDICES -- CHARACTER LIST -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817454903321 |
Sommer Matthew Harvey <1961-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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