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Starting with the crippling custom of footbinding, this work presents a study of Chinese American women during the first half of the twentieth century. Using this symbol of subjugation to examine social change in the lives of these women, it shows the stages of 'unbinding' that occurred between the turn of the century and the end of World War II.

Table of Contents
TERMINOLOGY AND TRANSLITERATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Introduction

I
Bound Feet: Chinese Women in the Nineteenth Century

2
Unbound Feet: Chinese Immigrant Women, 1902-1929

3
First Steps: The Second Generation, 1920s

4
Long Strides: The Great Depression, 1930s

5
In Step: The War Years, 1931-1945

EPILOGUE
APPENDIX
NOTES
GlOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 15/11/1995
      ISBN13: 9780520088672, 978-0520088672
      ISBN10: 0520088670
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      Social and cultural history Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Starting with the crippling custom of footbinding, this work presents a study of Chinese American women during the first half of the twentieth century. Using this symbol of subjugation to examine social change in the lives of these women, it shows the stages of 'unbinding' that occurred between the turn of the century and the end of World War II.

      Table of Contents
      TERMINOLOGY AND TRANSLITERATIONS

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      Introduction

      I
      Bound Feet: Chinese Women in the Nineteenth Century

      2
      Unbound Feet: Chinese Immigrant Women, 1902-1929

      3
      First Steps: The Second Generation, 1920s

      4
      Long Strides: The Great Depression, 1930s

      5
      In Step: The War Years, 1931-1945

      EPILOGUE
      APPENDIX
      NOTES
      GlOSSARY
      BIBLIOGRAPHY
      INDEX

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