Gender, politics, and democracy : women's suffrage in China / Louise Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Louise P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Suffrage--China--History--20th century.

Women.

Women--Political activity--China--History--20th century.

Feminism--China--History--20th century.

Feminism.

History.

Women--Political activity.

Women--Suffrage.

China.

Physical Description:

xii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2008]

Summary:

This is the first exploration of women's campaigns to gain equal rights to political participation in China.

Contents:

Introduction

Anti-Qing rebels : conceiving women's citizenship, 1898-1911

Women's search for political equality in the new republic, 1912-1914

Suffrage and provincial constitutions : building a new culture, 1919-1923

Nationalists, communists, and the National Assembly movement, 1924-1926

Feminists in the Nanjing decade, 1927-1936

Realizing the power of difference : quotas, war, and elections, 1936-1948

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-316) and index.

ISBN:

9780804756884

0804756880

OCLC:

156902270