Revolutionizing the Family: Politics, Love, and Divorce in Urban and Rural China, 1949-1968

by Neil J. Diamant

Book Overview

In 1950, China's new Communist government enacted a Marriage Law to allow free choice in marriage and easier access to divorce. Prohibiting arranged marriages, concubinage, and bigamy, it was one of the most dramatic efforts ever by a state to change marital and family relationships. In this comprehensive study of the effects of that law, Neil J. Diamant draws on newly opened urban and rural archival sources to offer a detailed analysis of how the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520217209
• ISBN13: 9780520217201
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"