Women, Property, and Confucian Reaction in Sung and Y?n China (960-1368) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521573733)

This book argues that the Mongol invasion of China in the thirteenth century precipitated a lasting transformation of marriage and property laws that deprived women of their property rights and reduced their legal and economic autonomy. It describes how indigenous social change combined with foreign invasion and cultural confrontation to bring laws more into line with the goals of the radical Confucian philosophers, who wished to curtail women's financial and personal autonomy. This book provides a reevaluation of the Mongol invasion and its influence on Chinese law and society, and presents a new look at the changing position of women in premodern China.

Author: Bettine Birge
ISBN-10: 0521573734
ISBN-13: 9780521573733
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/07/2002
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.42w x 1.12d