Women in China&39s Long Twentieth Century [Paperback]

This indispensable guide for students of both Chinese and womens history synthesizes recent research on women in twentieth-century China. Written by a leading historian of China, it surveys more than 650 scholarly works, discussing Chinese women in the context of marriage, family, sexuality, labor, and national modernity. In the process, Hershatter offers keen analytic insights and judgments about the works themselves and the evolution of related academic fields. The result is both a practical bibliographic tool and a thoughtful reflection on how we approach the past.

Gail Hershatteris Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Humanities Research at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Among her books isDangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Shanghai.

An important and much-needed introduction to this rich and fast-growing field. Hershatter has handled a daunting task with aplomb. Susan L. Glosser, author ofChinese Visions of Family and State, 19151953

[A book] to refer to, to argue about, and one you cannot ignore.