Family Lineage Organization and Social Change in Ming and Qing Fujian 9780824842017
This work is the result of more than a decade of research on the Chinese household and lineage in the southeastern provi
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English Pages 388 [387] Year 2001
Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Ming and Qing Reign Periods
Terms for Measures and Money
Translator’s Preface
1. Introduction
2. Family Structure and the Household Development Cycle
3. A Basic Typology of Lineage Organization
4. The Development Process of Lineage Organization
5. Family Lineage Organization and Social Change
6. Conclusion
Notes
List of Characters
Bibliography
Index
