| Date | 1970 |
| Publish_location | Boston |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | First Printing |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Series | Little, Brown Series in Anthropology |
| Shelf | Reading Room |
| Call Number | DS721.V566 S658 1970 |
| Description | xxvi, 278 p. : Ill., ports. ; 21 cm. |
| Note | Village 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. |
| Subject | China--Social life and customs--1644-1911 Missions--China--19th-20th centuries Villages--China--19th century China--Rural conditions--19th century |
| Series | foo 104 |
| LCCN | 75-106495 |
