Description
Book SynopsisBuilding on ethnographic research in a rural village in Sichuan, this book examines changing relationships between social organization, politics, and economy during the 20th century.
Trade Review"Free of jargon, full of interesting anecdotes, thoughtful, well-written, and short,
Cadres and Kin deserves serious consideration as an introductory text on modern China. . . . The book is clearly informed by both recent anthropological theory and the latest ethnographic and historical work on 20th-century China." --
China Journal"This brief but thoughtful book . . . is unusual in combining a picture of the post-1978 village with a longer narrative of twentieth-century state building and village formation." --
American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations and measures 1. A topography of the past: shaping a township landscape in the early twentieth century 2. Alliance and antagonism: family associations in an era of insecurity 3. Creating a new village order: revolutionizing identity through liberation and land reform 4. getting organized: struggling with collectivism 5. Village as enterprise: corporate community management in the Deng Era 6. A topography of the present: shaping a village landscape in the late twentieth century Appendix: Qiaolou Village Compact Notes Character list Index.
