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Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 300 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940's. Editor(s): Faure, David; Siu, Helen. Num Pages: 300 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 429. . 1995. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940 s.Klappentext.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940 s.Klappentext.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 286 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940's. The delta is a rich and socially complex area of south China, and the contributors - scholars from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United States - have long-standing ties to the region. The contributors argue that local society in the Delta was integrated into the Chinese state through a series of changes that involved constant redefinition of lineages, territories, and ethnic identities. The emergence of lineages in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the deployment of deities in local alliances, and the shrewd use of ethnic labels provided terms for a discourse that reified the criteria for membership in Chinese local society. The ideology produced by these developments continued to serve as the norm for the legitimization of power in local society through the Republican period. In reconstructing the 'civilizing process' in the Delta, whereby local inhabitants, both elites and commoners, used symbolic and instrumental means to become part of Chinese culture and polity, the book confronts a central question in history and anthropology: How do we conceptualize the historical development of a state agrarian society with hierarchies of power and authority, attachment to which is both unifying and diversifying.…

orig.cloth. 23x16cm, xii,285 pp. Contains Introduction + 10 papers. Includes: Liu Zhiwei "Lineage on the Sands: The Case of Shawan"; Luo Yixing "Territorial Community at the Town of Lubao, Sanshui County, from the Ming Dynasty"; Chan Wing-Hoi " Ordination Names in Hakka Genealogies: A Religious Practice & Its Decline";Ye Xian'en "Notes on the Territorial Connections of the Dan"; J. Hayes " Notes & Impressions of the Cheung Chau Community"; Choi Chi-Cheung " Reinforcing Ethnicity: The Jiao Festivity in Cheung Chau"; P. Hase "The Alliance of Ten: Settlement & Politics in the Sha Tau Kok Area"; D. Faure "Lineage Socialism & Community Control: Tangang Xiang in the 1920s and 1930 s"; H.F. Siu "Subverting Lineage Power: Local Bosses & Territorial Control in the 1940s"; H.F. Siu & D. Faure "Conclusion: History & Anthropology". Minor rubbing, some page-edge soil, VG., dustwrapper. Textual maps,photos,tables (illustrator).…