Author: Diamant, Neil J.
Title: Revolutionizing the Family: Politics, Love, and Divorce in Urban and Rural China, 1949-1968
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (2000). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xviii, 440 pp. Textual maps & tables.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ Contents: Introduction; The State & the Family in Urban China: Beijing & Shanghai, 1950-1953; Between 'Urban' & 'Rural': Family Reform in the Beijing & Shanghai Suburbs, 1950-1953; Family Reform in the Southwest Frontier, 1950-1953; The Politics & Culture of Divorce & Marriage in Urban China, 1954-1966; The Family in Flux: Family & Personal Relationships in Rural Areas, 1954-1966; The Conservative Backlash: Poliitcs, Sex, & the Family in the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1968; Conclusion; Afterword: Observations on State-Family Relations in the Reform Period.

Keywords: Chinese Social History, Communist China, East Asia, Historical, Sociology, Family Policy, Marriage Law, Communism Legal, Gender