Drowning Girls in China: Female Infanticide in China since 1650

by David E. Mungello

Book Overview

This groundbreaking book offers the first full analysis of the long-neglected and controversial subject of female infanticide in China. Drawing on little-known Chinese documents and illustrations, noted historian D. E. Mungello describes the causes of female infanticide and its persistence for two thousand years.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742555313
• ISBN13: 9780742555310
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"