Concubines and Bond Servants: The Social History of a Chinese Custom

by Maria Jaschok

The practice of selling young daughters was common in southern China in the 19th and 20th centuries. Although the practice was formally abolished in 1923, the underlying social evaluation and attitudes survive and their importance is no less today than it was yesterday.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Maria Jaschok is senior research associate, Contemporary China Studies Programme, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford, and visiting professor at the Arts and Humanities Research Institute, King’s College, University of London.