Drowning girls in China : female infanticide since 1650

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"This 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences

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Gender equality

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Drowning girls in China : female infanticide since 1650

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