A Localized Culture of Welfare : Entitlements, Stratification, and Identity in a Chinese Lineage Village 9780739178577, 9780739166871

Fanshen: a documentary of revolution in a Chinese village 9780520210400

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The Structure of Chinese Rural Society: Lineage and Village in the Eastern New Territories, Hong Kong 0195839706, 9780195839708

This book is a detailed study of the social history of a portion of the New Territories of Hong Kong from the 15th the e

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A Century of Change in a Chinese Village : The Crisis of the Countryside 9781538112366, 9781538112359

Over the last half century, China has evolved from a poor rural country to a geopolitical powerhouse. Rapid urbanization

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Daoist Identity: History, Lineage, and Ritual 9780824862138

Daoist Identity is an exploration of the various means by which Daoists over the centuries have created an identity for

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Huizhou: Local Identity and Mercantile Lineage Culture in Ming China 9780520385221

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Huizhou studies the constructi

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The Temple of Memories: History, Power, and Morality in a Chinese Village 9780804764926

This study focuses on the politics of memory in the village of Dachuan in northwest China, in which 85 percent of the vi

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The Poetics of Manhood: Contest and Identity in a Cretan Mountain Village 9780691216386

The description for this book, The Poetics of Manhood: Contest and Identity in a Cretan Mountain Village, will be forthc

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Culture, Identity, Commodity: Diasporic Chinese Literatures in English 9780773573277

From David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly to Evelyn Lau's Diary of a Runaway to Fred Wah's poetry, diasporic

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Red Flags and Lace Coiffes: Identity and Survival in a Breton Village 9781442605138

This book explores the question of why fishing communities continue their struggle to survive, despite often calamitous

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Rumble in a Village 9789389836127

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