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Hsin Hsing, TaiwanBook 1966 • Gallin, Bernard
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This is a study of socio-cultural change in a Taiwan peasant village, from the turn of the century to 1959. When population increased after World War II, land shortage became a severe problem. This problem resulted in temporary as well as permanent m...Political factionalism and its impact on Chinese village social organization in Taiwanessay 1986 • Gallin, Bernard
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
The effect of the proliferation of political factions in the village of Hsin Hsing is the subject of this article. Gallin found that traditional organizations, specifically the village and the lineage (TSU), and traditional social behavior and relati...Rural to urban migration in Taiwanessay 1978 • Gallin, Bernard
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay contains a description of the adaptation and modification of conventional cultural institutions by migrants from Hsin Hsing village to Taipei. Gallin compares urban and rural differences in economic and prestige competition, residence patt...Mediation in changing Chinese society in rural Taiwanarticle 1967 • Gallin, Bernard
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This article, based on data from Hsin Hsing in Taichung HSIEN, examines the change in means for resolving conflict. Gallin asserts that because of '…increased involvement with the national economy and urban forms of life', traditional community socia...The integration of village migrants in Taipeiessay 1974 • Gallin, Bernard & Gallin, Rita S.
Taiwan Hokkien • Asia > East Asia
This essay examines the nature and extent of migration by inhabitants of four primarily agricultural villages in Chang-hua county to the city of Taipei. The Gallins begin by characterizing the migrants with respect to a number of socioeconomic variab...