Down to Earth - The Territorial Bond in South China

Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940's.

Summary

Bringing local history to bear on major questions in Chinese social history and anthropology, this volume comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940's.

Additional text

"This is an important volume for Chinese studies and for social scientists interested in the ways in which constructions of kinship and descent can be used to legitimize claims to settlement, expropriation, and control."

Product details

• Authors: David Faure, Helen F. Siu
• Assisted by: Faure David (Editor), Faure (Editor), David Faure (Editor), SIU (Editor), Helen Siu (Editor), Helen F Siu (Editor), Helen F. Siu (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780804724340
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2434-0
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous