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Social organization in South China, 1911-1949 : the case of the Kuan lineage of K ai-p ing County /

Bridging the collapse of the Confucian state and the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the period 1911-49 is particularly fascinating to historians, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists. Unfortunately, it is also a very confusing period, full of shifts and chang...

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Main Author: Woon, Yuen-fong, 1943-
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : Center for Chinese Studies, University of Michigan, 1984.
Series:Michigan monographs in Chinese studies ; no. 48.
Subjects:
Kuan family.
Kaiping (Guangdong Sheng, China) > Social conditions.
Social structure > Case studies.
Social classes > China > Kaiping (Guangdong Sheng) > Case studies.
Kinship > China > Kaiping (Guangdong Sheng) > Case studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Kinship.
Social classes.
Social conditions.
Social structure.
China > Kaiping (Guangdong Sheng)
Classes sociales > Chine > Guangdong > Cas, Études de.
Parenté > Chine > Guangdong > Cas, Études de.
Structure sociale > Chine > Guangdong > Cas, Études de.
Guangdong (Chine) > Conditions sociales.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
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Summary:Bridging the collapse of the Confucian state and the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the period 1911-49 is particularly fascinating to historians, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists. Unfortunately, it is also a very confusing period, full of shifts and changes in economic, social, and political organizations. The social implications of these changes, and the relationships between officials on the subdistrict level, the unofficial leaders, and the bulk of the peasantry remain inadequately known. South China, which nurtured the Communist Party in its formative years, is a particularly interesting case. In this study I use the Kuan lineage of K'ai-p'ing as a case study to show the effects of demographic, economic, administrative, and educational changes after the Treaty of Nanking (1842) on patrilineal kinship as a principle of social organization in South China.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 158 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Bibliography: pages 153-158.
ISBN:9780472128235
047212823X
9780472902231
0472902237