Subject: Family life--China

Chinese family and society
AuthorLang, Olga
PlaceTaipei 臺北
PublisherSouthern Materials Center
CollectionRicci Institute Library [ASCC]
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LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
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ShelfStacks [ASCC]
Call NumberHQ668.L3 1978
Descriptionxv, 395 pages ; 23 cm
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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.

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Family and kinship in Chinese society
AuthorFreedman, Maurice, 1920-1975Joint Committee on Contemporary China. Subcommittee on Research on Chinese Society
PlaceTaipei 臺北
PublisherSouthern Materials Center
CollectionRicci Institute Library [ASCC]
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
SeriesStudies in Chinese society ; 1
ShelfStacks [ASCC]
Call NumberHQ667.F3 1978
Descriptionxv, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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Family and kinship in Chinese society / edited by Maurice Freedman.
Reprint. Originally published: Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1970.
All but one of the papers were originally presented at a conference on kinship in Chinese society, held at Greyston House, Riverdale, New York, Sept. 15-18, 1966, called by the Subcommittee on Chinese Society of the Joint Committee on Contemporary China.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257).

Introduction / Maurice Freedman -- Developmental process in the Chinese domestic group / Myron Cohen -- Child training and the Chinese family / Margery Wolf -- The families of Chinese farmers / Irene Taeuber -- Family relations in modern Chinese fiction / Ai-li Chin -- Land and lineage in traditional China / Jack Potter -- The Chinese genealogy as a research source / Johanna Meskill -- Ritual aspects of Chinese kinship and marriage / Maurice Freedman -- Chinese kinship and mourning dress / Arthur Wolf -- Chinese kin terms of reference and address / John McCoy -- Japanese kinship: a comparison / John Pelzel.

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