China's Gentry

Download or Read eBook China's Gentry PDF written by Hsiao-tung Fei and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1980-09-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
China's Gentry
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9780226239576
ISBN-13 : 0226239578
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Book Synopsis China's Gentry by : Hsiao-tung Fei

Book excerpt: These seven essays on the structure of Chinese society are based on articles contributed by Fei to Chinese newspapers in 1947 and 1948. Six case histories from a study of the gentry by Yung-teh Chow are appended. "The chief interest and charm of this book lie in the fact that it is not directed to the Western reader; these were studies written in Chinese, by an erudite Chinese, for a Chinese public. . . . Mrs. Redfield is to be complimented for her own careful research in preparing this translation for a non-Chinese public."—Robert F. Spencer, American Anthropologist


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