TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Arthur H. TI - Village life in China: a study in sociology T2 - The Kegan Paul China library SN - 9781136185953 AV - DS721 .S66 2004eb U1 - 951.009734 22 PY - 2004/// CY - London, New York, New York PB - Kegan Paul, Distributed by Columbia University Press KW - Villages KW - China KW - Chine KW - HISTORY KW - Asia KW - bisacsh KW - Manners and customs KW - fast KW - Rural conditions KW - Social life and customs KW - MÅ“urs et coutumes KW - Electronic books N1 - Originally published: New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1899; Includes index; Part I.---The village, its institutions, usages, and public characters; The Chinese village --; Construction of villages --; Village nomenclature --; Country roads --; The village ferry --; Village wells --; The village shop --; The village theatre --; Village schools and traveling scholars --; Chinese higher education---the village high school---examinations---recent educational edicts --; Village temples and religious societies --; Cooperation in religious observances --; Cooperation in religious observances --; Cooperation in markets and fairs --; Cooperative loan societies --; Societies for watching the crops --; Village and city rain-making --; The village hunt --; Village weddings and funerals --; New Year in Chinese villages --; The village bully --; Village headmen; Part II.---Village family life; Village boys and men --; Chinese country girls and women --; Monotony and vacuity of village life --; Unstable equilibrium of the Chinese family --; Instability from family disunity --; Part III.---Regeneration of the Chinese village; What can Christianity do for China? UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=526080 ER -