1st Edition

Local Clan Communities in Rural China Revolution and Urbanisation since the Late Qing Dynasty

By Zongli Tang Copyright 2021
262 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Using data collected in fieldwork and surveys, this book examines China’s clan system and local clan communities in rural Anhui, covering events in two periods: the imperial pattern as seen in the first half of the twentieth century and changes since 1949. Revealed by this research, during the late Qing and the Republic Era, a local clan in the investigated areas was run as a highly... Read more

Part 1 Introduction 1. Introduction Part 2 Traditional Local Clan Communities and Culture-From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic Era 2. Local Clan Communities and Organizations in the Late Qing and the Republic Era 3. Local Culture and Local Clan Culture in in the Late Qing and the Republic Era 4. Comparisons of Local Clan Communities between Huadong and Huanan 5. Merchants and Local Clan Communities in Huizhou and Nearby Regions Part 3 From the Land Reform to the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution-Disappearance of Local Clan Communities 6. From the Land Reform to the Agricultural Collectivization Campaign 7. Local Clan Communities in the Four Cleanups Movement and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Part 4 Modernization, Urbanization, and Local Clan Communities 8. Deng’s Reforms and the Revival of Local Clans and Clan Culture 9. Urbanization and Migrant Peasant Workers 10. Urbanization, Clan Culture and Local Clan Communities 11. Impact on Local Clan Communities and Clan Culture Brought by Urbanization and Modernization-A Comprehensive Analysis

Biography

Zongli Tang is Professor of Sociology at the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Auburn University at Montgomery, USA. His research areas cover urban sociology, cultural studies, political economy, and population studies. His research works include China’s Urbanization and Socioeconomic Impact, Maoism and Chinese Culture, Ways of Philosophical Thinking in China and Japan, and China’s Foreign Economic Policy in Post-Mao Time.