Women and China's Revolutions

Using gender as its analytic lens, this deeply knowledgeable text illuminates the places where the Big History of China's past two centuries intersects with the daily lives of ordinary people. Based on formidable scholarship, Gail Hershatter's beautifully written book will be essential reading for all students of China's modern history.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Gendered Labor of Empire, 1800-1840
2 Disturbances, 1840-1900
3 Revolutionary Currents, 1895-1912
4 Imagined Futures, 1912-27
5 Regulatory Regimes, 1928-37
6 Wartime Women, 1928-41
7 Wartime Women, 1935-49
8 The Socialist Construction of Women, 1949-78
9 Capitalized Women, 1978-
Glossary
Notes
Works Cited
Index
About the Author