03978oam 22007094a 450 991016269960332120221128215231.00-295-99943-8(CKB)3710000001044094(MiAaPQ)EBC4858182(OCoLC)971613597(MdBmJHUP)musev2_81661(EXLCZ)99371000000104409420170208h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRural China on the Eve of RevolutionSichuan Fieldnotes, 1949-1950 /G. William Skinner ; edited by Stevan Harrell and William LavelySeattle, [Washington] ;London, [England] :University of Washington Press,2017.©20171 online resource (280 pages) illustrations, maps, photographsIncludes index.0-295-99941-1 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."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.Social structurefast(OCoLC)fst01123372Social conditionsfast(OCoLC)fst01919811Rural conditionsfast(OCoLC)fst01101474Country lifefast(OCoLC)fst00881405HISTORYAsiaChinabisacshSOCIAL SCIENCEPopular CulturebisacshSOCIAL SCIENCEAnthropologyCulturalbisacshPOLITICAL SCIENCEPublic PolicyCultural PolicybisacshCountry lifeChinaSichuan ShengSocial structureChinaSichuan ShengChinaSichuan ShengfastSichuan Sheng (China)Rural conditionsSichuan Sheng (China)Social conditions20th centuryDiaries.Electronic books.Social structure.Social conditions.Rural conditions.Country life.HISTORYSOCIAL SCIENCEPopular Culture.SOCIAL SCIENCEAnthropologyCultural.POLITICAL SCIENCEPublic PolicyCultural Policy.Country lifeSocial structure306.0951/38Skinner G. William(George William),1925-2008,1009989Lavely WilliamHarrell StevanMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910162699603321Rural China on the Eve of Revolution2565676UNINA