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China's gentry; essays in rural-urban relations. Rev. & ed. by Margaret Park Redfield, with six life-histories of Chinese gentry families collected by Yung-the Chow, and an introd. by Robert Redfield.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks HN673 .F4 1968
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fei, Xiaotong
- Series:
- Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill.)
- Phoenix Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Social conditions.
- China.
- Sociology, Rural.
- Physical Description:
- v, 289 pages illustrations 21 cm.
- illustration
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Univ. of Chicago Press, [1968, ©1953]
- Contents:
- The gentry and the imperial power
- The scholar becomes the official
- The gentry and technical knowledge
- Basic power structure in rural 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Balch Ethnic Studies Collection
- OCLC:
- 681007
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