Rural China 1901 1949

Author : Wang Xianming
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000226904

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Rural China, 1901–1949 by Wang Xianming Pdf

Highlighting the interwoven relationship between Chinese rural society and larger historical forces, this book charts the evolution of China’s rural society from 1901 to 1949, concentrating on the major changes of this period and the scenarios developed to modernize rural society during the half century leading up to the Revolution. The modern history of rural China is one of sweeping institutional and structural transformation across many dimensions. As the first half of the twentieth century unfolded, against a backdrop of turbulent changes across a country that underwent industrialization, urbanization and modernization, China’s agriculture, rural population and rural communities encountered many crises, but also showed remarkable resilience and capacity for adaptation and reform. In each of the six chapters, the author delves into one aspect or examines one period of this massive transformation, and identifies the social, economic, political and cultural signifi cance of these tumultuous processes at work. The book will appeal to both scholars and general readers interested in modern Chinese history and the transformation of rural China.

Author : Chang Liu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134102310

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Peasants and Revolution in Rural China by Chang Liu Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:729021640

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Peasants and Revolution in Rural China by Anonim Pdf

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.

Author : G. William Skinner
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780295999432

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Rural China on the Eve of Revolution by G. William Skinner Pdf

In 1949, G. William Skinner, a Cornell University graduate student, set off for southwest China to conduct field research on rural social structure. He settled near the market town of Gaodianzi, Sichuan, and lived there for two and a half months, until the newly arrived Communists asked him to leave. During his time in Sichuan, Skinner kept detailed field notes and took scores of photos of rural life and unfolding events. Skinner went on to become a giant in his field�his obituary in American Anthropologist called him �the world�s most influential anthropologist of China.� A key portion of his legacy arose from his Sichuan fieldwork, contained in his classic monograph Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China. Although the People�s Liberation Army confiscated Skinner�s research materials, some had been sent out in advance and were discovered among the files donated to the University of Washington Libraries after his death. Skinner�s notes and photos bring to life this rare glimpse of rural China on the brink of momentous change.

Author : George William Skinner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Country life
ISBN : 0295999411

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Rural China on the Eve of Revolution by George William Skinner Pdf

In 1949, G. William Skinner, a Cornell University graduate student, set off for southwest China to conduct field research on rural social structure. He settled near the market town of Gaodianzi, Sichuan, and lived there for two and a half months, until the newly arrived Communists asked him to leave. During his time in Sichuan, Skinner kept detailed field notes and took scores of photos of rural life and unfolding events. Skinner went on to become a giant in his field--his obituary in American Anthropologist called him "the world's most influential anthropologist of China." A key portion of his legacy arose from his Sichuan fieldwork, contained in his classic monograph Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China. Although the People's Liberation Army confiscated Skinner's research materials, some had been sent out in advance and were discovered among the files donated to the University of Washington Libraries after his death. Skinner's notes and photos bring to life this rare glimpse of rural China on the brink of momentous change.

Author : S. Cheng
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1349549495

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China's Rural Industrialization Policy by S. Cheng Pdf

Author : George William Skinner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : China
ISBN : OCLC:217372652

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Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China by George William Skinner Pdf

Author : Daming Zhou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000299960

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Revisiting China's Rural Urbanisation by Daming Zhou Pdf

This book analyses the urbanisation of rural China in the period of the country’s reform and opening-up based on an investigation of five villages in the Pearl River Delta region, analysing progress, problems and future prospects in the light of long-term investigations on the ground and follow-up fieldwork. Drawing on a vast body of data obtained from participation observation, interviews, archival documents, questionnaires and oral histories, the author charts the trajectory of urbanisation as rural landscapes, governance models, social structures and development dynamics have morphed into urban phenomena. Stimulated by outside capital and pro-growth policies, each of the five villages has undergone a distinct economic, social, institutional, cultural and demographic transformation while facing challenges and opportunities such as land requisition, residential areas with a strong concentration of migrants, changing power relations between state and local community, the influence of traditional lineage and clan structures and quandaries over identity. The book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology and Chinese Studies as well as general readers interested in contemporary China and Chinese urbanisation.

Author : Xiong Fengshui
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000284508

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The Complexity of Rural Migration in China by Xiong Fengshui Pdf

This book examines socio-economic relationships and cultural changes in contemporary rural China, focusing on the experience of a typical Chinese village the working-age population of which has been hollowed out by outbound labor migration. The volume sheds light on the inherent complexity of peasants’ material, economic, and emotional dependency on the countryside, and how these relationships shape their experience of migration and the personal transformation that comes with it. Simplistic binaries such as “traditional” and “modern” are left to one side in favour of a multifaceted approach to understanding the interactions among people, institutions, and the natural environment. The book will appeal to academics of sociology and anthropology and general readers interested in China’s rural society.

Author : WU Ying
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000520293

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Organizational Transformation and Order Reconstruction in "Village-Turned-Communities" by WU Ying Pdf

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, a state-led urbanization has evolved into a "city management" in China: A large number of villages were demolished; cultivated land was centralized; and peasants went to live in apartments, which led to the widespread emergence of "village-turned-communities". This title explores the evolving and complex relationship between the urbanization of land and people – two core components of China’s urbanization strategy. What role does the government play in resolving conflicts around these two aspects of urbanization? What role can it play in adjudicating them? To answer these questions, the author examines rural migrants’ experience in integrating and being integrated into the cities. Through a three-year investigation in Beijing, Shandong, Hubei and Yunnan, the author shows how government policies can either engender or mitigate conflicts, as well as identifies integrated governance as an effective approach to urbanization of both land and people. This title is awarded the top ten Chinese sociology books in 2019. Students and scholars of sociology, politics and public administration will benefit from this book.

Author : Li Youmei
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000388152

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China’s Middle Class by Li Youmei Pdf

This book is a collection of empirical studies on China’s middle class from top-ranking Chinese sociologists, discussing this newly identified social stratum with regard to the basic concept and scope of the group, its functions, formation, identity, consumption, behavior patterns and value system. As the first study of its kind, the analysis of most chapters is based on a rich body of empirical data gathered from rigorous large-scale surveys designed specifically for the Chinese middle class across megacities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The book traces the complex and dynamic formation process of China’s middle class from different perspectives while dealing with issues of social concern such as “rigid social stratification”. The findings shed light on the underlying logic of structural change in Chinese society over several recent decades, with significant policy implications. The book will attract sociologists, students and policymakers interested in social structure, social transformation and middle-income groups in China.

Author : Elizabeth R. VanderVen
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780774821797

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A School in Every Village by Elizabeth R. VanderVen Pdf

In the early 1900s, the Qing dynasty implemented a nationwide school system as part of a series of institutional reforms to shore up its power. A School in Every Village recounts how villagers and local state officials in Haicheng County enacted orders to establish rural primary schools from 1904 to 1931. Although the Communists, contemporary observers, and more recent scholarship have all depicted rural society as feudal and backward and the educational reforms of the early twentieth century a failure, Elizabeth VanderVen draws on untapped archival materials to reveal that villagers capably integrated foreign ideas and models into a system that was at once traditional and modern, Chinese and Western. Her portrait of education reform not only challenges received notions about the modernity-tradition binary in Chinese history, it also addresses topics central to scholarly debates on modern China, including state making, gender, and the impact of global ideas on local society.

Author : Suzanne Pepper
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742573659

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Civil War in China by Suzanne Pepper Pdf

Many books have tried to analyze the reasons for the Chinese communist success in China's 1945_1949 civil war, but Suzanne Pepper's seminal work was the first and remains the only comprehensive analysis of how the ruling Nationalists lost that war_not just militarily, but by alienating the civilian population through corruption and incompetence. Now available in a new edition, this authoritative investigation of Kuomintang failure and communist success explores the new research and archival resources available for assessing this pivotal period in contemporary Chinese history. Even more relevant today given the contemporary debates in Hong Kong and Taiwan over the terms of reunification with a communist-led national government in Beijing, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking a nuanced understanding of twentieth-century Chinese politics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105214590007

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Detailed Listing of Real Property Owned by the United States and Used by Civil Agencies Throughout the World as of ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1372 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : UOM:39015035963571

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office Pdf