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Livres anciens et modernes

Wilkinson, H.P.

The Family in Classical China

Shanghai 1926,. Kelly & Walsh,

190,00 €

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Détails

Auteur
Wilkinson, H.P.
Éditeurs
Shanghai 1926,. Kelly & Walsh
Thème
CINA China Chine
Description
H
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
Tres bonne condition
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Non

Description

first and only edition 8vo Green lacquered cloth, very good, 239p., errata, index. SCARCE A very unusual resource, covers folk customs, laws, tradit- ional practice &c. With chapter headings: definition of mar- riage, familylife in the legendary amd heroic age, land tenure and tillage, social origins, mother-right, infanticide, infanticide in modern China, marriage by capture, names and their avoidance, a digression as to certain "survivals," avoidance of names of the living, Chinese family nomenclature and its supposed relation to primitive group-marriage, a concurrence and a criticism. Exogamy founded on blood avoidance.