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The Social Sciences And Fieldwork In China - Views From The Field (Paperback)
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Following the formation of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
in 1977 and the beginning of a Sino-American scholarly exchange
program in October 1978, a small number of foreigners has been able
to conduct fieldwork in China after a hiatus of over thirty years.
Welcomed though these new opportunities were by potential U.S.
field researchers, the initial stage of enthusiasm was shortly
overshadowed by both the difficulties foreign researchers faced in
China and the imposition, in early 1981, of a temporary moratorium
on long-term fieldwork by outsiders. Sober without being
pessimistic, realistic without being discouraging, the contributors
to this book describe the context in which fieldwork in China
became possible, the constraints under which foreign fieldworkers
have labored, and the potential rewards of field research to both
Chinese and U.S. scholars. They also assess the relative value of
fieldwork in China versus fieldwork at its gate, Hong Kong. The
book includes substantive reports by U.S. and Chinese scholars
(among them Fei Xiaotong, China's preeminent social anthropologist)
as well as concrete advice to those contemplating field research in
China.
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