China's Gentry
by Fei, Hsiao-Tung; Redfield, Margaret Park; Chou, Jung-teFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1980-09-15
Publisher(s): Univ of Chicago Pr
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Summary
These seven essays on the structure of Chinese society are based on articles contributed by Fei to Chinese newspapers in 1947 and 1948. Six case histories from a study of the gentry by Yung-teh Chow are appended. "The chief interest and charm of this book lie in the fact that it is not directed to the Western reader; these were studies written in Chinese, by an erudite Chinese, for a Chinese public. . . . Mrs. Redfield is to be complimented for her own careful research in preparing this translation for a non-Chinese public."--Robert F. Spencer, American Anthropologist
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| The Gentry and the Imperial Power | |
| The Scholar Becomes the Official | |
| The Gentry and Technical Knowledge | |
| Basic Power Structure in Rurual China | |
| Village, Town, and City | |
| Rural Livelihood: Agriculture and Handicraft | |
| Social Erosion in the Rural Communities Life-Histories The Scholar | |
| Chairman Wang The Military Man | |
| Commander Chu The Bureaucrat | |
| Head Chang The Merchant | |
| Head Ting The Gangster | |
| Captain Yang The Reformer | |
| Liu Tsung-tao | |
| Index | |
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