The State Power and the Change of Private Life in Rural Areas(1949—1978)
After the founding of new China,the state power began to penetrate into the private life of farmers.Marriage is an important aspect of private life.The promotion and implementation of the "Marriage Law",the enhancement of women's economic status,the begging resulted from the "Three-year natural disaster",and so on reflected that the state power had penetrated into the private life.Under People's commune management system,China's strict registration has limited the population flowing,and the low living standards and busy work of farmers,coupled with the complicated marital adjustment mechanism,make the divorce rate in rural areas remain at a very low level.After the reform and opening up,the sphere of private life is increasingly being referred to a higher position.
This article analyses the strength of Carlism in a mainly liberal city, as was Valencia between 1833 and 1840. To do this, we are taken on a biographical tour of the most distinguished Carlists in the city, to then study the importance of Carlism among the lower classes, using the individual cases that are known. By doing so we observe that, although the Carlist supporters were a minority in Valencia, they were still large in number.