Drowning Girls in China: Female Infanticide in China since 1650 - Paperback

by D. E. Mungello (Author)

This groundbreaking book offers the first full analysis of the long-neglected and controversial subject of female infanticide in China. Drawing on little-known Chinese documents and illustrations, noted historian D. E. Mungello describes the causes of female infanticide and its persistence for two thousand years.

Author Biography

D. E. Mungello is professor of history emeritus at Baylor University. His books include The Great Encounter of China and the West, 1500-1800, Drowning Girls in China: Female Infanticide since 1650, Western Queers in China: The Fight to the Land of Oz, and The Catholic Invasion of China.