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North China Villages
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Author : Sidney David Gamble
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1963
North China Villages written by Sidney David Gamble and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Social Science categories.
Village Governance In North China
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Author : Huaiyin Li
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2005-03-09
Village Governance In North China written by Huaiyin Li and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-03-09 with Business & Economics categories.
This book is about village governance in China during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing on government archives from Huailu county, Hebei province, it explores local practices and official systems of social control, land taxation, and "self government" at the village level. Its analysis of peasant behaviors bridges the gap between the rational choice and moral economy models by taking into account both material and symbolic dimensions of power and interest in the peasant community. The author's interpretation of village/state relations before 1900 transcends the state and society dichotomy and accentuates the interplay between formal and informal institutions and practices. His account of "state making" after 1900 underscores the continuity of endogenous arrangements in the course of institutional formalization and the interpenetration between official discourse and popular notions in the new process of political legitimization.
Power And Justice
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Author : Xudong Zhao
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-04-10
Power And Justice written by Xudong Zhao and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-10 with Social Science categories.
This book discusses the relationship, interaction and conflict between everyday life and various institutions in a specific village in North China, with a focus on the formal and informal legal systems. It vividly describes the village’s “legal construction problems” as well as the customs and laws, and such it can be seen as a historical and innovative comment on China’s problems. The book is based on the author’s field investigations assessing vast amounts of material concerning local organizations, formal and informal authorities, economic exchange, religious rituals, as well as interviews with villagers and numerous court files. It presents an in-depth exploration of “pluralism of authority” in China’s rural society, and examines how various authorities were formed. It also summarizes how various local disputes are resolved and discusses the villagers’ understanding of the concept of “justice.” Lastly, it suggests ways in which national law and local customs could communicate and collaborate.
North China Villages
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Author : Sidney David Gamble
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
North China Villages written by Sidney David Gamble and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1933 with categories.
Producing Guanxi
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Author : Andrew B. Kipnis
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 1997
Producing Guanxi written by Andrew B. Kipnis and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
Throughout China the formation of guanxi, or social connections, involves friends, families, colleagues, and acquaintances in complex networks of social support and sentimental attachment. Focusing on this process in one rural north China village, Fengjia, Andrew Kipnis shows what guanxi production reveals about the evolution of village political economy, kinship and gender, and local patterns of subjectivity in Dengist China. His work offers a detailed description of the communicative actions--such as gift giving, being a host or guest, participating in weddings or funerals--that produce, manage, and deny guanxi in a specific time and place. Kipnis also offers a rare comparative analysis of how these practices relate to the varied and variable phenomenon of guanxi throughout China and as it has changed over time. Producing Guanxi combines the theory of Pierre Bourdieu and the insights of symbolic anthropology to contest past portrayals of guanxi as either a function of Chinese political economics or an unchanging Confucian social structure. In this analysis guanxi emerges as a purposeful human effort that makes use of past cultural logics while generating new ones. By exploring the role of sentiment in the creation of self, Kipnis critiques recent theories of subjectivity for their narrow focus on language and discourse, and contributes to the anthropological discussion of comparative selfhood. Navigating a path between mainstream social science and abstract social theory, Kipnis presents a more nuanced examination of guanxi than has previously been available and contributes generally to our understanding of relationships and human action.
Chinese Landscapes
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Author : Ronald G. Knapp
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1992-01-01
Chinese Landscapes written by Ronald G. Knapp and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-01-01 with Political Science categories.
"The studies collected in this volume were written by anthropologists, architects, geographers, historians, a sociologist, and a veterinary ecologist. Taken together they form an exceptionally coherent survey of Chinese villages, ranging from the dry north to the humid southeast and southwest of this vast country. Going beyond books on Chinese vernacular architecture that focus on individual dwellings, this work examines the village ensemble itself, the various settings for the habitation, work, and leisure of China's large rural population." "Discussions of design, spatial layout, physical setting, settlement patterns, geomantic principles (fengshui), and evolutionary patterns set the stage for eighteen village case studies. Many villages still preserve characteristics that evoke a respect for and understanding of "old China," while others expose the drastic metamorphosis of recent decades. Villages are examined as places, emphasizing that which is visible; each village has its own order and complex of natural and human elements. Chinese Landscapes, though it focuses on the physical appearance of individual villages as they are situated within the constellation that comprises the Chinese landscape, suggests much about more general social, economic, and political patterns."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Local Religion In North China In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Daniel Overmyer
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-09-30
Local Religion In North China In The Twentieth Century written by Daniel Overmyer and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-30 with Religion categories.
This book is a comprehensive survey of the structure, organization and institutionalization of local community religious traditions in north China villages in the twentieth century. These traditions have their own forms of leaders, deities and beliefs. Despite much local variation one everywhere finds similar temples, images, offerings and temple festivals, all supported by practical concerns for divine aid to deal with the problems of everyday life. These local traditions are a structure in the history of Chinese religions; they have a clear sense of their own integrity and rules, handed down by their ancestors. There are Daoist, Buddhist and government influences on these traditions, but they must be adapted to the needs of local communities. It is the villagers who build temples and organize festivals, in which all members of the community are expected to participate and contribute. With chapters on such topics as historical origins and development, leadership and organization, temple festivals, temples and deities, and beliefs and values.
Peasants And Revolution In Rural China
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Author : Chang Liu
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-05-14
Peasants And Revolution In Rural China written by Chang Liu and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-14 with Business & Economics categories.
This book explores rural political change in China from 1850 to 1949 to help us understand China’s transformation from a weak, decaying agrarian empire to a unified, strong nation-state during this period. Based on local gazetteers, contemporary field studies, government archives, personal memoirs and other primary sources, it systematically compares two key macro-regions of rural China – the North China plain and the Yangzi delta – to demonstrate the ways in which the forces of political change, shaped by different local conditions, operated to transform the country. It shows that on the North China plain, the village community composed mainly of owner-cultivators was the focal point for political mobilization, whilst in the Yangzi delta absentee landlordism was exploited by the state for local control and tax extraction. However, these both set the stage, in different ways, for the communist mobilization in the first half of the twentieth century. Peasants and Revolution in Rural China is an important addition to the literature on the history of the Chinese Revolution, and will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the course of Chinese social and political development.
A Century Of Change In A Chinese Village
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Author : Lin Juren
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2018-05-04
A Century Of Change In A Chinese Village written by Lin Juren and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-04 with History categories.
This compelling book analyzes the dramatic changes in rural Chinese society as a result of rapid urbanization. Building on eight decades of studies of the village of Lengshuigou, Chinese sociologists examine the fundamental changes over the last century that have radically transformed centuries-old systems of patriarchy and generational order.
Power Entitlement And Social Practice
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Author : Xiyi Huang
language : en
Publisher: Chinese University Press
Release Date : 2007
Power Entitlement And Social Practice written by Xiyi Huang and has been published by Chinese University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.
"Rapid economic and social transformation in rural China has aroused enormous scholarly interest at home and abroad. However, a systematic study of this new mode of resource distribution is to date still underdeveloped; and the complexity of resource allocation in the present-day peasant society of China has not been surveyed as an independent theme. This book presents an effort to look into issues relating to the allocation of income, opportunities and assets in a village society; and thus, tries to shed light on the agent and mechanism of resource distribution in the post-reform era."--From publisher's website.