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Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012

1 online resource (xiii, 279 p.) : ill

ISBN 9781442215610 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781442215597 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9781442215603

Asia/Pacific/perspectives

Includes bibliographical references and index

Notes on transliteration -- Introduction: geographies of emancipation -- British colonialism and regulating women in Hong Kong -- Emancipating women from social customs (Fengsu) in 1920s Guangzhou -- Nuling and Nu Zhaodai in 1920s and 1930s Guangzhou and Hong Kong -- The Fenghua protection movement in Guangzhou, 1929-1935 -- Social control through charity : the role of the Hong Kong Po Leung Kuk in the 1930s -- Testimonies from the Po Leung Kuk -- Women service workers and labor activism -- Conclusion: lower-class women, "emancipation," and urban citizenship -- Glossary -- Works cited -- Index -- About the author.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(OCoLC)793899314