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Author Smith, Arthur H., 1845-1932.

Title Village life in China : a study in sociology / Arthur H. Smith.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Kegan Paul ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (360 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Kegan Paul China library
Kegan Paul China Library.
Note Originally published: New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1899.
Includes index.
Contents Part I.---The village, its institutions, usages, and public characters. Chinese village -- Construction of villages -- Village nomenclature -- Country roads -- Village ferry -- Village wells -- Village shop -- Village theatre -- Village schools and traveling scholars -- Chinese higher education---the village high school---examinations---recent educational edicts -- Village temples and religious societies -- Cooperation in religious observances -- Cooperation in religious observances -- Cooperation in markets and fairs -- Cooperative loan societies -- Societies for watching the crops -- Village and city rain-making -- Village hunt -- Village weddings and funerals -- New Year in Chinese villages -- Village bully -- Village headmen.
Part II.---Village family life. Village boys and men -- Chinese country girls and women -- Monotony and vacuity of village life -- Unstable equilibrium of the Chinese family -- Instability from family disunity -- Part III.---Regeneration of the Chinese village. What can Christianity do for China?
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Villages -- China.
Villages.
China.
China -- Rural conditions.
Rural conditions.
China -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Smith, Arthur H., 1845-1932. Village life in China. London ; New York : Kegan Paul ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 2004 0710307519 (OCoLC)48629195
ISBN 9781136185953 (electronic book)
113618595X (electronic book)
0710307519
9780710307514