Title Village life in China : a study in sociology / Arthur H. Smith

Published London ; New York : Kegan Paul ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (360 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations Series The Kegan Paul China library Kegan Paul China Library. Contents Part I.---The village, its institutions, usages, and public characters. The Chinese village -- Construction of villages -- Village nomenclature -- Country roads -- The village ferry -- Village wells -- The village shop -- The village theatre -- Village schools and traveling scholars -- Chinese higher education---the village high school---examinations---recent educational edicts -- Village temples and religious societies -- Cooperation in religious observances -- Cooperation in religious observances -- Cooperation in markets and fairs -- Cooperative loan societies -- Societies for watching the crops -- Village and city rain-making -- The village hunt -- Village weddings and funerals -- New Year in Chinese villages -- The village bully -- Village headmen Part II.---Village family life. Village boys and men -- Chinese country girls and women -- Monotony and vacuity of village life -- Unstable equilibrium of the Chinese family -- Instability from family disunity -- Part III.---Regeneration of the Chinese village. What can Christianity do for China? Notes Originally published: New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1899 Includes index Print version record Subject Villages -- China HISTORY -- Asia -- China. Manners and customs Rural conditions Villages SUBJECT China -- Rural conditions China -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024186 Subject China Form Electronic book ISBN 9781136185953 113618595X

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