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Item Details
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DAUGHTERS OF THE CANTON DELTA
MARRIAGE PATTERNS AND ECONOMIC STRATEGIES IN SOUTH CHINA, 1860-1930 |
| By: |
Janice Stockard |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£14.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9622093108 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789622093102 |
| Publisher: |
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
2 June, 1992 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
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 practised in the Canton Delta for at least 20 years. |
| Synopsis: |
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 practised in the Canton Delta for at least 20 years. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student and over |
| Publication: |
Hong Kong |
| Imprint: |
Hong Kong University Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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