"University of California, Berkeley. Department of History" . . "University of California, Berkeley. Department of History." . . . "Academic theses"@en . . . "History"@en . . . "The adoption of children in Ming and early Ch'ing China" . . . "The adoption of children in Ming and early Ch'ing China"@en . . "The adoption of children in Ming and early Chʻing China"@en . . "The adoption of children of a different surname was prohibited by Ming and Ch'ing law, yet was a fairly common practice. The dissertation explores the roots of the prohibition and the reasons for its violation. Local gazetteers, genealogies, fiction, moral texts and legal texts are the primary."@en . . . . . . . . . . "The adoption of children in Ming and early Ch'ing China / by Ann Beth Waltner"@en . . . . "University of California, Berkeley." . .