Chinese Family and Kinship / Hugh D. R. Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Hugh D. R., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1979]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A description of the family in rural, its traditions, principles of kinship, and place in society. It focuses on topics such as family composition, individuals within the family, lineage in clans and society, ancestral worship, non-relatives as kin, and how these ideals changed throughout the 20th century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Table of Maps

Table of Figures

Preface

I. The Composition of the Family

2. The Individual and the Family

3. The Lineage and the Clan

4. Ancestor Worship

5. The Family in State and Society

6. The Lineage in Society and State

7. Non-kin as Kin

8. Kinship in the 20th Century

Appendix I

Appendix II

Appendix III

Notes

List of Works Cited

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-231-87974-1

OCLC:

1100429552