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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
D E Mungello |
ISBN: | 9780742557321 0742557324 |
OCLC Number: | 1030389555 |
Description: | Online Ressource (xvi, 169 Seiten) : Illustrationen, Karten |
Contents: | Chapter 1: Female InfanticideChapter 2: Female Infanticide in Nineteenth-Century ChinaChapter 3: Official and Literati Efforts to Combat InfanticideChapter 4: Infanticide DeniersChapter 5: The European Cult of Chinese ChildrenChapter 6: Christian Mission Efforts to Aid FoundlingsChapter 7: Female Infanticide in Modern ChinaConclusion |
Responsibility: | D.E. Mungello. |
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This study represents a milestone in understanding the history of Chinese childhood. -- Dan Dervin * Journal Of Psychohistory * In this work, written with compassion, D. E. Mungello aims to tell a 'human' story of female infanticide in China. . . . Given the sensitivity of the subject and the relative scarcity of research, in particular in English, Mungello has greatly enriched our knowledge of this topic. Readers will find in it abundantly useful information. Its publication will no doubt pave the way for more inquiries into an important yet difficult topic that has to this date deterred many other historians. -- Weijing Lu * Journal of Asian Studies * In this evocatively titled volume, D. E. Mungello explores the causes, consequences, and multifarious reactions to female infanticide in China. . . . Fascinating. * American Historical Review * Both [of Mungello's] books very candidly treat themes which, in the general celebration over the friendship and cultural exchange between Europe and China, are commonly neglected, namely, sexual abuse and infanticide. . . . In sum, these are two books that in addition to being worth reading are also thought-provoking. * Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies * Professor Mungello's important study focuses on the specific and at times widespread phenomenon of female infanticide in nineteenth-century China. He is to be congratulated for having expertly tackled a sensitive issue which has hitherto received scant scholarly attention. -- R. G. Tiedemann, Centre for the Study of Christianity in China, King's College London Shocking, yet highly informative. Mungello has taken the most difficult and personal of topics-female infanticide-and with thorough research and thoughtful consideration has given us an historical account of the practice in China. -- Kathleen L. Lodwick, Penn State Lehigh Valley Read more...

