{"product_id":"understanding-chinese-society-9780745617367","title":"Understanding Chinese Society","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new book provides an accessible and wide--ranging introduction to the main features of Chinese society. Drawing on a wealth of material, the author offers a fresh understanding of a unique society that has undergone continuous transformation and upheaval throughout the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stockman examines the world's most populous nation beginning with pre-revolutionary times, and turns his focus on today's rapidly modernizing society. Especial attention is paid to the fate of cultural traditions in the industrial and post-industrial world.\" \u003ci\u003eReference and Research Book News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Textbooks on China are readily available, but this book makes its mark by integrating sociological theories with the investigation of social change in China ... Stockman has an ability to combine various works into a coherent discussion of a specific topic ... The issues Stockman addresses will be ones that interest students in Western universities.\" \u003ci\u003eThe China Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A book for readers who may not have a detailed and complex understanding of Chinese history.\" \u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Norman Stockman's book fills the gap between undergraduate sociology textbooks, which pay little attention to China, and a specialist research literature on China, which is often inaccessible to students.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A valuable base work offering important background information for any further research and more detailed study of contemporary Chinese society. Moreover, for all its analytical and theoretical import, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Chinese Society\u003c\/i\u003e never loses its accessibility. Though intended primarily for sociology students, it in fact can also be a useful reference book for any student studying modern and\/or contemporary Chinese politics\" \u003ci\u003eHistory Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a book that one can recommend to students with the certainty that they will not be led astray by it in any important respect.\" \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Romanization and Names ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Study of Chinese Society 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Which China? Whose China? 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Rural and Urban in China 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Individual and Society in China 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Chinese Family: Continuity and Change 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Power and Revolution: Economic and Political 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Power and Revolution: Cultural 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Changing Patterns of Social Inequality 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Differentiation of Chinese Society 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Chinese Terms 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 264\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404345385303,"sku":"9780745617367","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745617367.jpg?v=1730486169","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-chinese-society-9780745617367","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}