Between Birth and Death: Female Infanticide in Nineteenth-Century China by Michelle King

Between Birth and Death: Female Infanticide in Nineteenth-Century China

Michelle King

264 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction gender history challenging informative slow-paced
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Female infanticide is a social practice often closely associated with Chinese culture. Journalists, social scientists, and historians alike emphasize that it is a result of the persistence of son preference, from China's ancient past to its modern...

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