China's Peasants: The Anthropology of a Revolution

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990 Book. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. xiv (i), 358 pp, list of b&w illustrations and maps, list of tables, preface, notes on the text, 1. The Old "Feudal" Order: Zengbu before Liberation; 2. Establishing the New Order; 3. The Ordeal of Collectivization; 4. The Cultural Revolution; 5. Maoist Society: The Production Team; 6. Maoist Society: The Brigade; 7. Maoist Society: The Comune; 8. Impatient Aspirations: Transition to the Post-Mao Period; 9. The Cultural Construction of Emotion in Rural Chinese Social Life; 10. Marriage, Household, and Family Form; 11. Chinese Birth Planning: A Cultural Account; 12. Lineage and Collective: Structure and Praxis; 13. Party Organization; 14. The Party Ethic: A devotion Born of Distress and Enthusiasm; 15. A Caste-Like System of Social Stratification: The Position of Peasants in Modern China's Social Order; 16. The Chinese Peasants and the World Capitalist System; 17. The Crystallization of Post-Mao Society: Zengbu in 1985; references, index. First Paperback Edition, 1990. "This is the first comprehensive analysis of a rural Chinese society by foreign anthropoligists since the Revolution in 1949. From their data gathered using anthropological field mentods, the author's examine the revolutionary experiences of Zengbu's peasant villagers and document the rapid changeover from Maoist to post-Maoist China. In particular, the seek to explain the persistence of the deep structure of Chinese culture through thirty years of revolutionary praxis." from the rear wrapper. Only the faintest wear to bottom front fore-edge tip, Pristine. Clean and bright; tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Pictorial paperback..