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China's Gentry: Essays on Rural-Urban Relations

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China's Gentry: Essays on Rural-Urban Relations - Fei, Hsiao-Tung, and Redfield, Margaret Park (Editor)
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These seven essays on the structure of Chinese society are based on articles contributed by Fei to Chinese newspapers in 1947 and 1948. Six case histories from a study of the gentry by Yung-teh Chow are appended. "The chief interest and charm of this book lie in the fact that it is not directed to the Western reader; these were studies written in Chinese, by an erudite Chinese, for a Chinese public. . . . Mrs. Redfield is to be complimented for her own careful research in preparing this translation for a non-Chinese public ...

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China's Gentry: Essays on Rural-Urban Relations 1980, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

ISBN-13: 9780226239576

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