LEADER 04770nam 2201009 a 450 001 9910778862103321 005 20230821212306.0 010 $a1-282-13416-7 010 $a9786613806741 010 $a0-520-91248-9 010 $a0-585-10436-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520912489 035 $a(CKB)111004366707534 035 $a(EBL)977263 035 $a(OCoLC)801363596 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000159119 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12036576 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159119 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150209 035 $a(PQKB)11173807 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC977263 035 $a(DE-B1597)520425 035 $a(OCoLC)1114804255 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520912489 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL977263 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10582902 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL380674 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004366707534 100 $a19910827h19921992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFrom the soil, the foundations of Chinese society $ea translation of Fei Xiaotong's Xiangtu Zhongguo, with an introduction and epilogue /$fby Gary G. Hamilton and Wang Zheng 210 1$aBerkeley :$cUniversity of California Press,$d1992. 210 4$aŠ1992 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 160 pages) 300 $aTranslation of: Xiang tu Zhongguo. 311 0 $a0-520-07795-4 311 0 $a0-520-07796-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tForeword --$tIntroduction --$t1. Special Characteristics of Rural Society --$t2. Bringing Literacy to the Countryside --$t3. More Thoughts on Bringing Literacy to the Countryside --$t4. Chaxugeju: The Differential Mode of Association --$t5. The Morality of Personal Relationships --$t6. Patrilineages --$t7. "Between Men and Women, There Are Only Differences" --$t8. A Rule of Ritual --$t9. A Society without Litigation --$t10. An Inactive Government --$t11. Rule by Elders --$t12. Consanguinity and Regionalism --$t13. Separating Names from Reality --$t14. From Desire to Necessity --$tEpilogue: Sociology and the Reconstruction of Rural China --$tGlossary --$tIndex 330 $aThis classic text by Fei Xiaotong, China's finest social scientist, was first published in 1947 and is Fei's chief theoretical statement about the distinctive characteristics of Chinese society. Written in Chinese from a Chinese point of view for a Chinese audience, From the Soil describes the contrasting organizational principles of Chinese and Western societies, thereby conveying the essential features of both. Fei shows how these unique features reflect and are reflected in the moral and ethical characters of people in these societies. This profound, challenging book is both succinct and accessible. In its first complete English-language edition, it is likely to have a wide impact on Western social theorists. Gary G. Hamilton and Wang Zheng's translation captures Fei's jargonless, straightforward style of writing. Their introduction describes Fei's education and career as a sociologist, the fate of his writings on and off the Mainland, and the sociological significance of his analysis. The translators' epilogue highlights the social reforms for China that Fei drew from his analysis and advocated in a companion text written in the same period. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General$2bisacsh 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions 610 $a1940s. 610 $aacademic. 610 $aanalysis. 610 $aasia. 610 $aasian countries. 610 $aasian. 610 $achina. 610 $achinese history. 610 $achinese society. 610 $acommunity. 610 $aconfucius. 610 $acountryside. 610 $acultural studies. 610 $aethics. 610 $agender studies. 610 $ainterpersonal. 610 $alegal issues. 610 $amorals. 610 $arelationships. 610 $arural. 610 $ascholarly. 610 $asmall town. 610 $asocial science. 610 $asocial scientist. 610 $asocial studies. 610 $asocial theory. 610 $asociology. 610 $atranslation. 610 $awestern world. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. 676 $a306/.0951 700 $aFei$b Xiaotong$0637994 701 $aHamilton$b Gary G$0117028 701 $aWang$b Zheng$f1952-$0514725 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778862103321 996 $aFrom the soil, the foundations of Chinese society$93715268 997 $aUNINA