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Family lineage organization and social change in Ming and Qing Fujian /

"This work is the result of more than a decade of research on the Chinese household and lineage in the southeastern province of Fujian during the Ming and Qing period (1368-1911). It offers new interpretations of the Chinese domestic cycle, the relationship between household and larger kinship...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zheng, Zhenman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2001.
©2001
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This work is the result of more than a decade of research on the Chinese household and lineage in the southeastern province of Fujian during the Ming and Qing period (1368-1911). It offers new interpretations of the Chinese domestic cycle, the relationship between household and larger kinship groups, and the development of lineage society in south China. Using hundreds of previously unknown lineage genealogies, stone inscriptions, and land deeds, Zheng Zhenman provides a candid view of how individuals and families confronted the crucial issues of daily life: how to minimize taxes or military conscription; how to balance the ideological imperative of ancestor worship with practical concerns; how to deal with the problems of dividing the household estate. His research leads to an exploration of issues such as the relation of state to society and the compatibility of Chinese culture and capitalism." "This complete translation allows access to some of the most exciting new research being done in Chinese social history. Zheng's book draws on important materials largely unknown to Western scholars, comes to novel conclusions about society in late imperial China and illustrates the importance of the non-Western perspective in studying the history of the world outside the West."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 373 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-365) and index.
ISBN:0824842014
9780824842017