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Runaway wives, urban crimes, and survival tactics in wartime Beijing, 1937-1949 / Zhao Ma.

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.

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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.
Subject
  • Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
  • 1900 - 1999
  • Women > Beijing > History > 20th century
  • Poor women > Beijing > History > 20th century
  • Working class women > Beijing > History > 20th century
  • Poverty > Beijing > History > 20th century
  • Marriage > History > Beijing > 20th century
  • Neighborhoods > Beijing > History > 20th century
  • Social networks > Beijing > History > 20th century
  • Crime > Beijing > History > 20th century
  • Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Social aspects > Beijing
  • Crime
  • Marriage > Social aspects
  • Neighborhoods
  • Poor women
  • Poverty
  • Social aspects
  • Social conditions
  • Social networks
  • Women
  • Working class women
  • Beijing (China) > Social conditions > 20th century
  • China > Beijing
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
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.
ISBN
  • 9780674088382 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 0674088387 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
LCCN
^^2015005291
OCLC
904801141
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library