Book
Ploughshare village: culture and context in Taiwan
University of Washington Press • (35) • Published In 1982 • Pages: ix, 234
By: Harrell, Stevan.
Abstract
This is an ethnography of the village of Ploughshare (Li-she-wei), a community of coal miners, located in the southwestern Taibei Basin of Taiwan Island in the area known as Haishan. Primary emphasis is on the socio-economic system of the Taiwan Hokkien, their social organization, and religion. Harrell describes Ploughshare's place in the series of socio-economic systems of which it is part, and concomitant changes in the society over time from the founding of the village in the nineteenth century until ca. 1978. Harrell also describes the changing nature of work available to the villagers, social inequality and social relationships within the community, family structure, and religion.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle
- Field Date
- 1973, 1978 (dustjacket)
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Ploughshare village [Li-she-wei], Taiwan
- Notes
- Stevan Harrell
- Parallel title in Chinese characters
- Includes index.|Bibliography: p. 219-225
- LCCN
- 82008333
- LCSH
- Taiwanese