Book
City on the sands: social structure in a nineteenth-century Chinese city
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 1983 • Pages:
By: DeGlopper, Donald R..
Abstract
Using data from the city of Lukang (a Ch'uan-cho city), DeGlopper examines the theory that it is possible to construct a model of Chinese urban social structure. DeGlopper discusses the theoretical issues involved, the city of Lukang, Lukang in space and time, Lukang's economy and population, and social structure in nineteenth-century Lukang. The author concludes that '…there is no distinctive form of urban social structure in Chinese society. Rather, there is a characteristically Chinese social structure which consists of overlapping formal associations and a distinct sort of network of interpersonal relations' (p. 263).
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin
- Field Date
- 1967-1968
- Coverage Date
- ca. 1700-1900
- Coverage Place
- Lukang city, Changhua hsien, Taiwan
- Notes
- Donald Robert DeGlopper
- UM 74-06297
- Includes bibliography
- Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cornell University, 1973
- LCSH
- Taiwanese