Guests in the Dragon. Social Demography of a Chinese District, 1895-1946.
New York. Columbia University Press. 1983. Stock ID #157953 Following upon, and questioning some of the premises of Wolf and Huang's Marriage and Adoption in China, 1845-1945 (1980), Guests in the Dragon offers an exquisitely detailed social demography of rural Taiwan during the same period. The book makes an important contribution to our understanding of how ecological variables affect Chinese marriage and family organisation. It adds substantially to our general appreciation of the relationship between cultural behaviour and demographic factors. Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 157953.
Maps, graphs, x + 190pp, appendix, notes, index, library sticker on spine and upper cover, pockets at rear and marks on edges. A sound clean reading copy.
Price: $20.00 AU