Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-194) and index
Women in pre-twentieth century China -- Reform, nationalism and the 'woman question' (1897-1912) -- Gender discourses in the early Republic -- 'A world turned upside down': mobilising women for the revolution -- women in the city and countryside before 1949 -- The new Communist state and marriage reform in the 1950's: 'public patriarchy' in practice? -- 'Women hold up half the sky': the Great Leap Forward and the cultural revolution -- Women and socio-economic change in the post-Mao era -- Conclusion
