Author: Lang, Olga

Chinese family and society
Date1978
Publish_locationTaipei 臺北
PublisherSouthern Materials Center
CollectionRicci Institute Library [ASCC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfStacks [ASCC]
Call NumberHQ668.L3 1978
Descriptionxv, 395 pages ; 23 cm
Note

Chinese family and society / by Olga Lang.
Reprint. [Hamden, Conn.] : Archon Books, 1968, 1946.
"Copyright, 1946 by Yale University Press, reprinted 1968 with permission"--Title page verso.
Title also in Chinese: 中國之家庭與社會.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [369]-384).

Preface / by Karl A. Wittfogel -- Author's preface -- List of tables -- pt. I. The family in old China. State and society ; Functions and structure of the family ; Relationships within the family ; Love, marriage, divorce ; Women in the family and society of old China -- Family and society -- pt. II. The family in contemporary China. The birth of modern China ; The new economic and social environment: Rural China ; The new economic and social environment: Urban China ; The old family under attack ; Love and marriage in contemporary China ; The type and size of the family ; Family coöperation ; Extended kinship ; The clan ; Nepotism ; Husband and wife ; Old men and women ; Children ; Chinese youth ; Friendship ; Summary and conclusions -- Appendix.

SubjectChina--Social conditions Kinship--China--History Families--China Family life--China