Daughters of the Canton Delta: Marriage Patterns and Economic Strategies in South China, 1860-1930
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Language: English
Published by Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1989
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Owner's bookplate inside front cover. Book is in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked.
This book describes an extraordinary traditional marriage system, "delayed transfer marriage", that is virtually unknown in the ethnographic literature on Chinese society, though it was widely established in the Canton Delta.
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- Title
- Daughters of the Canton Delta: Marriage Patterns and Economic Strategies in South China, 1860-1930
- Author
- Stockard, Janice E.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press, Stanford
- Publication year
- 1989
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0804713928
- ISBN 13
- 9780804713924
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 2 pounds
- Dimensions
- 1.905x15.24x22.86 cm
Book by Stockard, Janice E.
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