Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915-1953

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Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915–1953 ASIA: LOCAL STUDIES / GLOBAL THEMES Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom, Kären Wigen, and Hue-Tam Ho Tai, Editors 1. Bicycle Citizens: The Political World of the Japanese Housewife, by Robin M. LeBlanc 2. The Nanjing Massacre in History and Historiography, edited by Joshua A. Fogel 3. The Country of Memory: Remaking the Past in Late Socialist Vietnam, by Hue-Tam Ho Tai 4. Chinese Femininities/Chinese Masculinities: A Reader, edited by Susan Brownell and Jeffrey Wasserstrom 5. Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915–1953, by Susan L. Glosser Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915–1953 Susan L. Glosser Foreword by Linda Kerber UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · London University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England©2003 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Glosser, Susan L., 1961–. Chinese visions of family and state, 1915–1953 / Susan L. Glosser. p. cm. (Asia: Local studies / global themes ; 5) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-520-22729-8 1. Family—China—History. 2. Family policy—China. 3. Domestic relations—China. 4. China—History—Republic, 1912–1949. 5. China—History—1949–1976. I. Title: Chinese visions of family and state, 1915–1953. II. Title. III. Series ds774 .g57 2002 951.04—dc21 2001001397 Manufactured in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and totally chlorine-free (tcf). It meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper). ...