Sold People
Nonfiction, History, Asian, China, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, Modern, 20th Century
| Author: | Johanna S. Ransmeier | ISBN: | 9780674977198 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | March 20, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Johanna S. Ransmeier |
| ISBN: | 9780674977198 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | March 20, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Trade in human lives thrived in North China during the Qing and Republican periods. Families at all social levels participated in buying servants, slaves, concubines, or children and disposing of unwanted household members. Johanna Ransmeier shows that these commonplace transactions built and restructured families as often as it broke them apart.
Trade in human lives thrived in North China during the Qing and Republican periods. Families at all social levels participated in buying servants, slaves, concubines, or children and disposing of unwanted household members. Johanna Ransmeier shows that these commonplace transactions built and restructured families as often as it broke them apart.
