ISBN:
9780674088382
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 366 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
Series Statement:
Harvard East Asian monographs 384
Series Statement:
Harvard East Asian monographs
DDC:
305.40951/1560904
Keywords:
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Frau
;
Geschichte
;
Gesellschaft
;
Women History 20th century
;
Poor women History 20th century
;
Working class women History 20th century
;
Poverty History 20th century
;
Marriage Social aspects 20th century
;
History
;
Neighborhoods History 20th century
;
Social networks History 20th century
;
Crime History 20th century
;
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Social aspects
;
Frau
;
Prozess
;
Unterschicht
;
Japanisch-Chinesischer Krieg
;
Beijing (China) Social conditions 20th century
;
Peking
;
Peking
;
Japanisch-Chinesischer Krieg
;
Unterschicht
;
Frau
;
Prozess
Abstract:
"Explores intimate accounts of lower-class women's struggles with poverty, deprivation, and marital strife in wartime Beijing between 1936 and 1945, revealing an urban underworld built on an informal economy and conducted primarily through neighborhood networks"..
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
