| 520 | ## | $aIn *Women of China: Imperialism and Women’s Resistance, 1900‑1949*, Bobby Siu explores the varied and complex responses of Chinese women to imperial domination and national transformation. Offering a broad historical sweep from the early 1900s through the end of the civil war, the book documents how imperialism reshaped rural economies and undermined traditional craft industries—deeply affecting women’s lives. Siu examines grassroots resistance, from early labour and peasant movements to wartime mobilization in the 1930s and 1940s, emphasizing how women organized, advocated, and resisted across class lines. Integrating both structural analysis and voices of women themselves, the work balances critical attention to economic exploitation with women’s ideas, forms of advocacy, and their role in shaping social change. |