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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162699603321

Autore

Skinner G. William (George William), <1925-2008, >

Titolo

Rural China on the Eve of Revolution : Sichuan Fieldnotes, 1949-1950 / / G. William Skinner ; edited by Stevan Harrell and William Lavely

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, [Washington] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Washington Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-295-99943-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations, maps, photographs

Disciplina

306.0951/38

Soggetti

Social structure

Social conditions

Rural conditions

Country life

HISTORY - Asia - China

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Popular Culture

SOCIAL SCIENCE - Anthropology - Cultural

POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Cultural Policy

Country life - China - Sichuan Sheng

Social structure - China - Sichuan Sheng

Diaries.

Electronic books.

China Sichuan Sheng

Sichuan Sheng (China) Rural conditions

Sichuan Sheng (China) Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The road to Gaodianzi: June-November 1949 -- Settling in: November 12-26 -- A household survey and rumors of the communists: November 28-December 16 -- Working out the market network as the PLA approaches: December 13-24 -- Liberation! December 27-January 3 -- The communists and the temples: January 5-13 -- The last Dongyue Temple Festival: January 15-17 -- The premature end of



fieldwork: January 18-25.

Sommario/riassunto

"In 1949, G. William Skinner, a Cornell University graduate student, set off for southwest China to conduct field research on rural social structure. He settled near the market town of Gaodianzi, Sichuan, and lived there for two and a half months, until the newly arrived Communists asked him to leave. During his time in Sichuan, Skinner kept detailed field notes and took scores of photos of rural life and unfolding events. Skinner went on to become a giant in his field-his obituary in American Anthropologist called him "the world's most influential anthropologist of China." A key portion of his legacy arose from his Sichuan fieldwork, contained in his classic monograph Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China. Although the People's Liberation Army confiscated Skinner's research materials, some had been sent out in advance and were discovered among the files donated to the University of Washington Libraries after his death. Skinner's notes and photos bring to life this rare glimpse of rural China on the brink of momentous change."--Publisher's description.