Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2 .Inheritance Law and Practice before the Qing 10
7. Chapter 3. Qing Household Division: Why, When, and How? 34
8. Chapter 4 .The Rights of Individuals in Qing Taiwan 64
9. Chapter 5. Dividing Different Types of Property in Qing Taiwan 90
10. Chapter 6 .Household Division Disputes in Qing Courts 113
11. Chapter 7. Republican Rural North China 128
12. Chapter 8. Region and Class: Exceptions, Strategies, and Orientations 155
13. Chapter 9. Household Division and Society: Land, Orientations, and Social Mobility 185
14. Chapter 10 .Conclusions and Speculations 200
15. Appendix 1. China’s Laws on Inheritance 211
16. Appendix 2. Historical Sources and Their Limits 220
17. Appendix 3 .Chinese Terms for Weights and Measures 224
18. Appendix 4: Chinese Terms for Guarantors on Household Division Documents, by Province 227
19. Appendix 5: Common Terms for Household Division Documents, by Province 228