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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
autonomous community with a strong religious focus, which
challenges the corporate model raised by Maurice Freedman. Through
examining single-surname villages, citang constructions, and
updating of genealogies, local clans in Huadong, Huizhou and the
lower Yangtze River plains in particular, developed earlier than
those in the Pearl River Delta Region. Taking a cross-disciplinary
viewpoint, this book analyses changes in local clan communities and
clan culture as brought by the Chinese Revolution, Mao’s
political campaigns, and Deng’s reforms. Starting with the late
1990s, a large migration from villages to cities has rapidly
altered rural China. This geographic mobility would undermine the
common residence that serves as part of a clan’s foundation.
Under such situation, what transformations have taken place or will
affect China’s clan system? Will the system continue to
revitalise or die out? Local Clan Communities in Rural China
reports these events/transformations and attempts to answer these
questions. Placing a special emphasis on issues that have been
overlooked by prior studies, this book brings to light many new
facts and interpretations and provides a valuable reference to
scholars in fields of sociology, anthropology, history, economics,
cultural studies, urban studies, and population studies.
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
autonomous community with a strong religious focus, which
challenges the corporate model raised by Maurice Freedman. Through
examining single-surname villages, citang constructions, and
updating of genealogies, local clans in Huadong, Huizhou and the
lower Yangtze River plains in particular, developed earlier than
those in the Pearl River Delta Region. Taking a cross-disciplinary
viewpoint, this book analyses changes in local clan communities and
clan culture as brought by the Chinese Revolution, Mao's political
campaigns, and Deng's reforms. Starting with the late 1990s, a
large migration from villages to cities has rapidly altered rural
China. This geographic mobility would undermine the common
residence that serves as part of a clan's foundation. Under such
situation, what transformations have taken place or will affect
China's clan system? Will the system continue to revitalise or die
out? Local Clan Communities in Rural China reports these
events/transformations and attempts to answer these questions.
Placing a special emphasis on issues that have been overlooked by
prior studies, this book brings to light many new facts and
interpretations and provides a valuable reference to scholars in
fields of sociology, anthropology, history, economics, cultural
studies, urban studies, and population studies.
This book examines the impacts of China's urbanization on the
country's economic development, clan culture, rural societies,
minority resident areas, natural environment, women, and public
policy reforms, drawing on official statistics, independent survey
data, archives, and fieldwork research to do so. Adopting a
cross-disciplinary perspective, the book places special emphasis on
issues that have been neglected in prior studies, and provides
up-to-date information, reports, and analyses based on the latest
events. Further, it considers future directions and strategies
regarding urban development, discusses regional urbanization in
selected poor and "backward" western provinces, analyzes changes in
traditional clan culture brought on by urbanization, and explores
evolutions in local clan societies in the Qin and Han Dynasties
when cities expanded and business flourished. Lastly, the book
examines the effects of infrastructure-related determinants on
urban expansion rates and urban land prices, demonstrates the ebbs
and flows of public opinion regarding various environmental issues,
discusses planned real estate tax reform, and assesses the impact
of demographic and socioeconomic changes on young unmarried women.
This book examines the impacts of China's urbanization on the
country's economic development, clan culture, rural societies,
minority resident areas, natural environment, women, and public
policy reforms, drawing on official statistics, independent survey
data, archives, and fieldwork research to do so. Adopting a
cross-disciplinary perspective, the book places special emphasis on
issues that have been neglected in prior studies, and provides
up-to-date information, reports, and analyses based on the latest
events. Further, it considers future directions and strategies
regarding urban development, discusses regional urbanization in
selected poor and "backward" western provinces, analyzes changes in
traditional clan culture brought on by urbanization, and explores
evolutions in local clan societies in the Qin and Han Dynasties
when cities expanded and business flourished. Lastly, the book
examines the effects of infrastructure-related determinants on
urban expansion rates and urban land prices, demonstrates the ebbs
and flows of public opinion regarding various environmental issues,
discusses planned real estate tax reform, and assesses the impact
of demographic and socioeconomic changes on young unmarried women.
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