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Gender and Power in Rural North China
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A note on measures and family terms 1. Introduction: on virtue 2. Dividing the land 3. Village enterprise(s) 4. Socialist commodity production 5. 'Households': between state and family 6. Women and agency 7. Gender and power in rural north China.Abstract:
A note on measures and family terms 1. Introduction: on virtue 2. Dividing the land 3. Village enterprise(s) 4. Socialist commodity production 5. 'Households': between state and family 6. Women and agency 7. Gender and power in rural north China Notes Works cited Index.read more
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