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"Skinner (d. 2008) was a leading anthropologist of Chinese society, and much more. . . . This is a unique document."


"This book deserves to be read by all students of twentieth-century rural China, in particular those with an interest in Sichuan. . . . Skinner’s acute observations and his strong sympathy for the people he studied (a sympathy which they apparently returned) remain a model almost seventy years after the fact."

-- Jacob Eyferth * Pacific Affairs *

Table of Contents

Preface / Stevan Harrell and William Lavely
Acknowledgments
Maps
1. The Road to Gaodianzi: June–November 1949
2. Settling In: November 12–26
3. A Household Survey and Rumors of the Communists: November 28–December 16
4. Working Out the Market Network as the PLA Approaches: December 13–24
5. Liberation! December 27–January 3
6. The Communists and the Temples: January 5–13
7. The Last Dongyue Temple Festival: January 15–17
8. The Premature End of Fieldwork: January 18–25
Epilogue: January–May 1950
Afterword / Zhijia Shen

Rural China on the Eve of Revolution

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 01/12/2016
      ISBN13: 9780295999425, 978-0295999425
      ISBN10: 029599942X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      "Skinner (d. 2008) was a leading anthropologist of Chinese society, and much more. . . . This is a unique document."


      "This book deserves to be read by all students of twentieth-century rural China, in particular those with an interest in Sichuan. . . . Skinner’s acute observations and his strong sympathy for the people he studied (a sympathy which they apparently returned) remain a model almost seventy years after the fact."

      -- Jacob Eyferth * Pacific Affairs *

      Table of Contents

      Preface / Stevan Harrell and William Lavely
      Acknowledgments
      Maps
      1. The Road to Gaodianzi: June–November 1949
      2. Settling In: November 12–26
      3. A Household Survey and Rumors of the Communists: November 28–December 16
      4. Working Out the Market Network as the PLA Approaches: December 13–24
      5. Liberation! December 27–January 3
      6. The Communists and the Temples: January 5–13
      7. The Last Dongyue Temple Festival: January 15–17
      8. The Premature End of Fieldwork: January 18–25
      Epilogue: January–May 1950
      Afterword / Zhijia Shen

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