Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China
The historical practice of widow chastity in China is regarded as an outcome of traditional Confucian thought. This study examines how economic factors played key roles in the formation of this cultural tradition by studying the causality between technological progress in the cotton textile sector a...
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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
2021
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| author | Liang, Ruobing Wang, Xiaobing Yamauchi, Futoshi |
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| description | The historical practice of widow chastity in China is regarded as an outcome of traditional Confucian thought. This study examines how economic factors played key roles in the formation of this cultural tradition by studying the causality between technological progress in the cotton textile sector and the increase in the number of widow chastity cases between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. We find that the incidence of widow chastity increased significantly with rapid technological change in the cotton textile sector and increased demands for female labor. This result remains robust when the issues of widow chastity selection and alternative economic and cultural channels are addressed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1423192025-12-08T10:06:44Z Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China Liang, Ruobing Wang, Xiaobing Yamauchi, Futoshi gender technological changes cotton cultural heritage marriage widows women The historical practice of widow chastity in China is regarded as an outcome of traditional Confucian thought. This study examines how economic factors played key roles in the formation of this cultural tradition by studying the causality between technological progress in the cotton textile sector and the increase in the number of widow chastity cases between the Ming and Qing Dynasties. We find that the incidence of widow chastity increased significantly with rapid technological change in the cotton textile sector and increased demands for female labor. This result remains robust when the issues of widow chastity selection and alternative economic and cultural channels are addressed. 2021-01-01 2024-05-22T12:10:18Z 2024-05-22T12:10:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142319 en https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.274177 Limited Access Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Liang, Ruobing; Wang, Xiaobing; and Yamauchi, Futoshi. 2021. Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103(1): 232-252. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajae.12085 |
| spellingShingle | gender technological changes cotton cultural heritage marriage widows women Liang, Ruobing Wang, Xiaobing Yamauchi, Futoshi Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China |
| title | Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China |
| title_full | Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China |
| title_fullStr | Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China |
| title_short | Cotton revolution and widow chastity in Ming and Qing China |
| title_sort | cotton revolution and widow chastity in ming and qing china |
| topic | gender technological changes cotton cultural heritage marriage widows women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142319 |
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