ISBN:
9780295999432
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0295999438
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 265 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Parallel Title:
Print version Skinner, G. William (George William), 1925-2008 Rural China on the eve of revolution
DDC:
306.095138
Keywords:
Skinner, G. William 1925-2008 Diaries
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Skinner, G. William 1925-2008
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1900-1999
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Skinner, G. William Diaries
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Skinner, G. William Diaries
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Skinner, G. William
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Social structure China
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Sichuan Sheng
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Country life China
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Sichuan Sheng
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Country life
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Social structure
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Country life
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Social structure
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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HISTORY ; Asia ; China
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Country life
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Rural conditions
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Social conditions
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Social structure
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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Diaries
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Sichuan Sheng (China) Social conditions
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20th century
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Sichuan Sheng (China) Rural conditions
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China
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Sichuan Sheng
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Sichuan Sheng (China) Rural conditions
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Sichuan Sheng (China) Social conditions 20th century
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Sichuan Sheng (China) Rural conditions
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Sichuan Sheng (China) Social conditions 20th century
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China ; Sichuan Sheng
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Electronic books Diaries
Abstract:
"In 1949, G. William Skinner, a Cornell University graduate student, set off for southwest China to conduct field research on rural social structure. He settled near the market town of Gaodianzi, Sichuan, and lived there for two and a half months, until the newly arrived Communists asked him to leave. During his time in Sichuan, Skinner kept detailed field notes and took scores of photos of rural life and unfolding events. Skinner went on to become a giant in his field-his obituary in American Anthropologist called him "the world's most influential anthropologist of China." A key portion of his legacy arose from his Sichuan fieldwork, contained in his classic monograph Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China. Although the People's Liberation Army confiscated Skinner's research materials, some had been sent out in advance and were discovered among the files donated to the University of Washington Libraries after his death. Skinner's notes and photos bring to life this rare glimpse of rural China on the brink of momentous change."--Publisher's description
Note:
Includes index. - Print version record
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