1st Edition
To See Ourselves Comparing Traditional Chinese And American Values
272 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This study compares the ever-changing cultural values of contemporary China and the contemporary United States. Surveying 2000-Shanghi area residents and villagers as well as 2500 US citizens, the authors examine to what extent there has been a loss of "traditional" values in the United States. The book looks at value systems in both cultures associated with family relationships, kinship ties,... Read more
Preface -- Introduction -- Culture and Values -- Procedures -- Differences in Value Prevalence Between China and the United States -- Effects of Social and Demographic Characteristics -- Configurations of Cultural Values -- Communication Influences and Individual Differences -- Macroscopic Comparisons: Taiwan and Korea -- Summary and Looking Ahead -- Chinese-English Wordings of the Traditional Value Phrases
Biography
Pan, Zhongdang; Chaffee, Steven H; Chu, Godwin C; Ju, Yanan
