{"product_id":"emperor-and-ancestor-9780804753180","title":"Emperor and Ancestor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book brings to life a thousand years of history on the Pearl River delta and provides rich documentation for the author's argument that in China ritual played the role of law in the West, serving as the glue that bound society together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In yet another fine monograph focused on the history of lineage in South China, Faure shows that administrative transformation of county government and ritual reforms leading lineages to create family temples led to the emergence of lineage-centered society... A welcome addition to other pivotal studies on lineage.\" -- \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Faure's satisfying new study not only shows us how the lands and people of Guangzhou's Pearl River Delta were physically and culturally made Chinese, it turns a key feature of the family system—the lineage—into an institution with an actual history.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Chinese Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For more than twenty years, through is extensive archival and fieldwork in the New Territories of Hong Kong, David Faure has established himself as one of the premier authorities on the history of Chinese Lineage and society. His newest book, \u003ci\u003eEmperor and Ancestor\u003c\/i\u003e solidifies that reputation... This is an important book that should appeal to a broad range of readers.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe China Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"David Faure's \u003ci\u003eEmperor and Ancestor\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking study that seeks to historicize the institution of the lineage in late imperial South China...Faure crafts a detailed and convincing narrative of the rise and decline of the lineage from early Ming times through the fall of the imperial order in the early twentieth century, a narrative that breaks new ground and will be of great use to historians, anthropologists, and all students of Chinese history and society.\" -- \u003ci\u003eHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  A note for the non-specialist reader  Introduction  1. Introduction  Historical geography  2. Exotic Guangzhou  3. Confucian incursions  4. We and they  5. The land  From registered households to lineages  6. Early Ming society  7. The recession of military service  8. The standardization of village rituals  9. Administrative transition  Lineages gentrified  10. Lineage building: the Huo surname of Foshan  11. Local magnates and land development  From Ming to Qing  12. Loyalty in the Ming-Qing transition  13. Power reshuffle in the early Qing  14. Proliferation of lineage institutions  15. The ordering of community in ritual life  16. Incorporation: the power of an idea  17. A short note on prosperity  The nineteenth century transformation  18. The Mulberry Garden Dyke and Its Politics  19. From paramilitary to militia  20. Local power in the Taiping Rebellion  21. The foreign element in Pearl River delta society  22. Contradictions of the nation state: the backwardness of lineages  Epilogue  23. Beyond the Pearl River delta  Bibliography  Glossary","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405564387671,"sku":"9780804753180","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804753180.jpg?v=1730492849","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/emperor-and-ancestor-9780804753180","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}