Author: Smith, Arthur Henderson, 1845-1932

Moeurs curieuses des Chinois. [Chinese characteristics. French]
Date1927
Publish_locationParis
PublisherPayot
CollectionRicci Institute Library [AM]
Edition
LanguageFrench
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfAdmin. Office
Call NumberDS721.S64214 1927
Description311 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.
NoteMoeurs curieuses des Chinois (Chinese characteristics) / Arthur H. Smith ; traduit par B. Mayra et le Lt. Cl. de Fonlongue.
At head of title-page: Collection d’études, de documents et de témoignages pour servir a ℓ'histoire de notre temps.
"Ex Libris Alphonse Maillet, Février 1942” [collection uniformly bound]
SubjectNational characteristics, Chinese China--Social life and customs--19th century
Uplift of China
Date1907
Publish_locationNew York
PublisherEducational Dept. of the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesForward Mission Study Courses
ShelfStacks
Call NumberBV3415.U765 S658 1907
Descriptionxv, 274, [17] p. : ill., col. map ; 19 cm.
NoteThe Uplift of China / by Arthur H. Smith.
Bibliography: p. 240-246.
Includes index.
Contents: The orthography and pronunciation of Chinese names -- List of thirteen large cities -- Area and population -- Opium edict, September 20, 1906 -- Dates of important events in modern Chinese history--A table of Chinese dynastic dates, after W. F. Mayers, Dr. S. W. Williams and Professor Herbert A. Giles -- Summary of Roman Catholic missions in China -- Statistics of Protestant missions in China.
SubjectChina--Social conditions--1644-1911 China--Religion Protestant missions--China--19th-20th centuries China--Description and travel--1901-1948 Missions--China--19th-20th centuries Missions--China--19th-20th centuries--Statistics
Seriesfoo 97
ISBN0837063817
Village life in China : a study in sociology
Date1970
Publish_locationBoston
PublisherLittle, Brown and Company
CollectionRicci Institute Library
EditionFirst Printing
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
SeriesLittle, Brown Series in Anthropology
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberDS721.V566 S658 1970
Descriptionxxvi, 278 p. : Ill., ports. ; 21 cm.
NoteVillage life in China : a study in sociology / Arthur H. Smith, with an introduction by Myron L. Cohen.
Originally published: New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1899.
Includes index.

Contents: Part I. The village, its institutions, usages, and public characters -- The Chinese village -- Construction of villages -- Village nomenclature -- Country roads -- The village ferry -- Village wells -- The village shop -- The 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 -- The village hunt -- Village weddings and funerals -- New Year in Chinese villages -- The 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?

SubjectChina--Social life and customs--1644-1911 Missions--China--19th-20th centuries Villages--China--19th century China--Rural conditions--19th century
Seriesfoo 104
LCCN75-106495