Status, Power, and Punishments: “Household Workers” in Late Imperial China

Claude Chevaleyre, "Status, Power, and Punishments: “Household Workers” in Late Imperial China", in International Review of Social History, Cambridge University Press, 2023. pp. 1–26.

In the past four decades or so, China scholars have shone a new light on the history of labour in late imperial China, particularly on the role of the household as a unit of production and on the contribution of women to commercial production and family income. Beyond members of the kin group itself, attention is seldom paid to the individuals brought into the Chinese households solely to provide additional manpower. [Lire la suite]
International Review of Social History, Cambridge University Press, 2023. pp. 1–26.

In the past four decades or so, China scholars have shone a new light on the history of labour in late imperial China, particularly on the role of the household as a unit of production and on the contribution of women to commercial production and family income. Beyond members of the kin group itself, attention is seldom paid to the individuals brought into the Chinese households solely to provide additional manpower. [Lire la suite]">
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