Book
Fabric of Chinese society: a study of the social life of a Chinese county seat
Praeger Inc. • New York • Published In 1953 • Pages:
By: Fried, Morton H. (Morton Herbert).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is a product of one and one half years of field work in the Chinese community of Ch'u Hsien. The major contribution of the book is in the area of non-kin based relationships. The author discusses Chinese society based primarily on relationships which transcend mere kinship. The theoretical contribution is aimed toward differentiating between societies based on kinship and those based on non-kinship. Class structure and the changing culltural milieu are dealt with. Some of the socio-economic factors leading to the Communist victory are touched upon. Kin terminological problems are treated briefly. Land tenure, occupational specialization and local customs are als covered.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Renting and leasing
- Friendships
- Nuclear family
- Extended families
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Han Chinese
- 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.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Frank W. Moore ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1947-1948
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1947-1948
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Chuzhou (Ch'u Hsien), Anhui (Anhwei), China
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Morton H. Fried
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-238) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 52011994
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Chuzhou (China)--Social conditions