Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FOREWORD ix
4. PREFACE xiii
5. NOTES ON CONVENTIONS xvii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. ONE. Separating the Sexes 21
8. TWO. Meanings of Marriage 45
9. THREE. Making a Match 61
10. FOUR. Rites and Celebrations 82
11. FIVE. Dowries 99
12. SIX. Upper-Class Wives as Inner Helpers 114
13. SEVEN. Women's Work Making Cloth 131
14. EIGHT. Husband-Wife Relations 152
15. NINE. Motherhood 172
16. TEN. Widowhood 188
17. ELEVEN. Second Marriages 204
18. TWELVE. Concubines 217
19. THIRTEEN. Continuing the Family Through Women 235
20. FOURTEEN. Adultery, Incest, and Divorce 250
21. FIFTEEN. Reflections on Women, Marriage, and Change 261
22. NOTES 273
23. SOURCES CITED 293
24. INDEX 321