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Kinship, Contract, Community, and State
Myron L. Cohen
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Description for Kinship, Contract, Community, and State
hardcover. This is an anthropological exploration of the roots of China's modernity in the country's own tradition, as seen especially in economic and kinship patterns. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 603.
This book examines major areas of late imperial Chinese culture, and their relation to Chinese culture today, focusing on the competence and sophistication of ordinary people.
The work provides an overview of late imperial society and its responses to forces for change. Its ethnographically rich treatment of changes in family life under Communist rule is based on the author's fieldwork. Kinship beyond the family is treated through comparisons of the author's fieldwork sites in China and Taiwan. In dealing with the use of contracts and commodification within one community setting, it illuminates the broader economic culture of late imperial China. ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804750660
SKU
V9780804750660
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About Myron L. Cohen
Myron L. Cohen is Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and an affiliate of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. He is the author of House United, House Divided: The Chinese Family in Taiwan, and Asia Case Studies in the Social Sciences: A Guide for Teaching.
Reviews for Kinship, Contract, Community, and State
"A splendidly useful and revealing collection... a splendid summary of some of Cohen's best and most significant contributions to Chinese anthropology."
The China Journal
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