Women of China: Economic and Social Transformation

by Jackie; Zhao West (Editor)

This group of Chinese scholars provides an inside look at the changes women have encountered and instigated in post-Mao China. Evolving out of a research seminar of Chinese women scholars in Britain in preparation for the UN Fourth World Conference of Women in Beijing in 1995, this volume tackles issues such as women's political participation, women's status in the rural reform movements, the role of women in labor migration and in the textile industry, women's perspectives on the one-child family, and the development of women's studies programs in China's universities. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

238 pages, Hardcover

First published May 10, 1999