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Local politics in rural Taiwan: a field study of KUAN-HSI, face, and faction in Matsu township

Xerox University MicrofilmsAnn Arbor, Mich.Published In 1983 • Pages:

By: Jacobs, J. Bruce.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study analyzes the politics of rural Taiwanese township of about 28,000 people. After outlining the political and administrative systems of the township in the context of greater Taiwanese politics, Jacobs discusses social, economic, and historical administrative boundaries in 'Matsu' and shows how they coincide with lines of political alliance and cleavage.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Internal trade
Social relationships and groups
Territorial hierarchy
Towns
Districts
Provinces
Political parties
Elections
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Taiwan Hokkien
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1995
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
East Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Political Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
David Sherwood
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1971-1973
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
'Matsu' township, Taiwan
NotesAdditional notes
Jeffrey Bruce Jacobs
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Columbia University, 1975
UM 76-12,747
Jacobs designates the villages within Matsu with a series of alpha-numeric codes that are explained in Category 128
Includes bibliography
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Taiwanese