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Runaway wives, urban crimes, and survival tactics in wartime Beijing, 1937-1949
- Title
- Runaway wives, urban crimes, and survival tactics in wartime Beijing, 1937-1949 / Zhao Ma.
- Author
- Ma, Zhao, 1973-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2015.
- ©2015
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 366 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Explores intimate accounts of lower-class women's struggles with poverty, deprivation, and marital strife in wartime Beijing between 1936 and 1945, revealing an urban underworld built on an informal economy and conducted primarily through neighborhood networks"--
- Series Statement
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 384
- Uniform Title
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 384.
- Subjects
- Marriage > Social aspects
- Neighborhoods
- Poor women
- Poverty
- Women
- Crime
- Social networks
- Working class women
- Marriage > Social aspects > China > Beijing > History > 20th century
- Neighborhoods > China > Beijing > History > 20th century
- Beijing (China) > Social conditions > 20th century
- Social aspects
- Poor women > China > Beijing > History > 20th century
- Social conditions
- Poverty > China > Beijing > History > 20th century
- Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Social aspects > China > Beijing
- Women > China > Beijing > History > 20th century
- 1900 - 1999
- Crime > China > Beijing > History > 20th century
- Social networks > China > Beijing > History > 20th century
- History
- China > Beijing
- Working class women > China > Beijing > History > 20th century
- Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-355) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part I. Precarious livelihoods -- 1. Working Women-- 2. The politics of dependency -- Part II. Among neighbors -- 3. Women in the tenements -- 4. Managing serial marriages -- Part III. On the move -- 5. Mobility and survival tactics -- 6. Policing mobility -- Conclusion -- List of abbreviations.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-6282
- ISBN
- 9780674088382
- 0674088387
- LCCN
- 2015005291
- OCLC
- 904801141
- Author
- Ma, Zhao, 1973- author.
- Title
- Runaway wives, urban crimes, and survival tactics in wartime Beijing, 1937-1949 / Zhao Ma.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2015.
- Copyright Date
- ©2015
- Type of Content
- textcartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 384Harvard East Asian monographs ; 384.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-355) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900 - 1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-6282