{"product_id":"none-none-1","title":"Marriage and Inequality in Chinese Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a scholarly collection of essays exploring the complex interplay of marriage and inequality across various periods of Chinese history. Edited by Rubie S. Watson and Patricia Buckley Ebrey, the volume delves into social structures, economic factors, and cultural practices surrounding marriage. \n\nPlease note: While the product type for this listing is set as 'Comic', this item is an academic book, not a comic book or graphic novel.\n\nContents include:\n*   Marriages of the ruling elite in the Spring and Autumn period \/ Melvin P. Thatcher\n*   Imperial marriage in the native Chinese and non-Han state : Han to Ming \/ Jennifer Holmgren\n*   Shifts in marriage finance from the sixth to the thirteenth century \/ Patricia Buckley Ebrey\n*   The marriage of Sung imperial clanswomen \/ John W. Chaffee\n*   Ch'ing imperial marriage and problems of rulership \/ Evelyn S. Rawski\n*   Grooming a daughter for marriage : brides and wives in the mid-Ch'ing period \/ Susan Mann\n*   Wives, concubines, and maids : servitude and kinship in the Hong Kong region, 1900-1940 \/ Rubie S. Watson\n*   Prostitution and the market in early twentieth-century Shanghai \/ Gail Hershatter.\n\nThe book is presented in a Very Good paperback binding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Watson, Rubie S.; Ebrey, Patricia Buckley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYear:\u003c\/b\u003e 1991\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCondition:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Wombats Book Nook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52619537187099,"sku":"SCAN-22-C712CC42","price":5.23,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1033\/6269\/1355\/files\/57_c8b1f6eb-4348-49fe-bbf3-2c5a8058d56c.jpg?v=1784353654","url":"https:\/\/wombatsbooknook.com.au\/products\/none-none-1","provider":"Wombats Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}