Revolution Postponed: Women in Contemporary China

by Margery Wolf

Book Overview

The Communist revolution promised Chinese women an end to thousands of years of subjugation, an equality with men in all matters legal, political, social, and economic. This book examines the extent to which this promise has been kept. Based on nearly a year of field research and interviews with over 300 women in six widely separated rural and urban areas, it gives us a vivid picture of Chinese women today - their day-to-day lives, their views...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804712433
• ISBN13: 9780804712439
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.8"