essay
Social structure in a nineteenth-century Taiwanese port city
city in late imperial china • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1977 • Pages: 633-650, 767-769
By: DeGlopper, Donald R..
Abstract
DeGlopper's use of the term 'social structure' is meant to refer only to the town of Lukang's 'major, enduring corporate groups and to patterned relations among them' (p. 637). Based upon both field and archival research, DeGlopper identifies two such groups -- surname groups CUM neighborhood associations and merchant guilds -- and discusses their role and activities in Lukang's past. Some information is also given on secular and ritual rivalries between groups and their ceremonial expression, as well as on the relations between Lukang's wealthy merchants and government officials.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M. A. Marcus; J. Simpson
- Field Date
- 1967-1968
- Coverage Date
- 19th century
- Coverage Place
- Lukang city, Changhua hsien, Taiwan
- Notes
- Donald R. DeGlopper
- Includes bibliography
- LCSH
- Taiwanese