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1、WomenandtheFamilyinChineseHistoryThisisacollectionofessaysbyoneoftheleadingscholarsofChinesehistory,PatriciaBuckleyEbrey.Intheessaysshehasselectedforthisfas-cinatingvolume,ProfessorEbreyexplorestheChinesefamily,gender,andkinshipsystemsaspracticesandi
2、deasintimatelyconnectedtohistoryandthereforesubjecttochangeovertime.Theessayscovertopicsrangingfromdowriesandthesaleofwomenasconcubinestothehugesizeoftheimperialharem,misunderstandingsoffootbinding,surnamesasethnicmarkers,andchangesinwaysofdealingwit
3、hthedead.PatriciaEbreyplacesthesestudiesofkinshipandgenderpracticesinhis-toricalcontext;herworkshowstheimpactofhistoricalchangeonthewayspeoplelived.Herworkrangesoverthelateimperialperiod,withaspeci?cfocusontheSongperiod(920–1276),atimeofmarkedsociala
4、ndculturalchangethatiswidelyviewedasthebeginningofthemodernperiodinChinesehistory.Withitswide-rangingexaminationofissuesrelatingtowomenandthefamily,thisbookwillbeessentialreadingforscholarsofChinesehistoryandgenderstudiesPatriciaBuckleyEbreyisProfess
5、orofHistoryandChineseStudiesattheUni-versityofWashington.ShehaspublishedwidelyonChinesehistory,includingTheCambridgeIllustratedHistoryofChina(CambridgeUniversityPress:1999)andInnerQuarters:MarriageandtheLivesofChineseWomenintheSungPeriod(Universityof
6、CaliforniaPress:1993).CriticalAsianScholarshipEditedbyMarkSeldenBinghamtonandCornellUniversitiesTheseriesisintendedtoshowcasethemostimportantindividualcon-tributionstoscholarshipinAsianStudies.EachofthevolumespresentsaleadingAsianscholaraddressingthe
7、mesthatarecentraltohisorhermostsigni?cantandlastingcontributiontoAsianstudies.TheseriesiscommittedtotherichvarietyofresearchandwritingonAsia,andisnotrestrictedtoanyparticulardiscipline,theoreticalapproachorgeographicalexpertise.SoutheastAsia:ATestame
8、ntGeorgeKahinWomenandtheFamilyinChineseHistoryPatriciaBuckleyEbreyRethinkingChina’sHistoryPaulA.CohenWomenandtheFamilyinChineseHistoryPatriciaBuckleyEbreyFirstpublished2003byRoutledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCana