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Making of a New Rural Order in South China Vol. 1 : I. Village, Land, and Lineage in Huizhou, 900-1600 by Joseph P. McDermott (2013, Hardcover)

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10110704622X

ISBN-139781107046221

eBay Product ID (ePID)4038528252

Product Key Features

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameMaking of a New Rural Order in South China Vol. 1 : I. Village, Land, and Lineage in Huizhou, 900-1600

Publication Year2013

SubjectAsia / General, Economic Conditions, Development / Economic Development, Public Policy / Regional Planning

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics, History

AuthorJoseph P. Mcdermott

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight29 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2013-021431

Reviews"Historians have long been aware that Huizhou, an isolated prefecture in the mountainous interior of modern Anhui province, has produced a body of documentation that is almost unparalleled in its coverage, detailing history at a local level beginning from the late Tang Dynasty through the twentieth century. The documents have attracted the attention of scholars for many decades, but now Joseph P. McDermott has used them to present a unique and incredibly valuable narrative of history at its most local level ... This is an important book grounded in meticulous research ..." Hugo Clark, American Historical Review, "The history of South China is impossible to consider or to write without a historical map of its lineages, as eminent historian Joseph P. McDermott shows in his comprehensive study of rural Huishou, Anhui. The Making of a New Rural Order in South China is a brilliant example of how such work is done as history writing." Venus Viana, International Journal of Asian Studies, 'The history of South China is impossible to consider or to write without a historical map of its lineages, as eminent historian Joseph P. McDermott shows in his comprehensive study of rural Huishou, Anhui. The Making of a New Rural Order in South China is a brilliant example of how such work is done as history writing.' Venus Viana, International Journal of Asian Studies

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Number of Volumes2 vols.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal951.02

Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Village institutions in the Song and Yuan; 2. Large communal families and lineages: kinship and property in the Song and Yuan; 3. Village institutions in the early and mid Ming; 4. Lineage trusts: success and adversity; 5. Lineage trusts: reforms and their aftermath; 6. Timber futures; Conclusion; Index.

SynopsisAmong the large caches of private documents discovered and collected in China, few rival the Huizhou sources for the insight they provide into Chinese local society and economy over the past millennium. Having spent decades researching these exceptionally rich sources, Joseph P. McDermott presents in two volumes his findings about the major social and economic changes in this important prefecture of south China from around 900 to 1700. In this first volume, we learn about village settlement, competition among village religious institutions, premodern agricultural production, the management of land and lineage, the rise of the lineage as the dominant institution, and its members' application of commercial practices to local forestry operations. This landmark study of religious life and economic activity, of lineage and land, and of rural residents and urban commercial practices provides a compelling new framework for understanding a distinctive path of economic and social development for premodern China and beyond., Utilising the exceptionally rich sources that survive from Huizhou in southeast China, McDermott traces how the major institutions of village life changed in this region from around 900 to 1600, providing a detailed analysis of pre-modern Chinese agricultural production, lineage and land management, village religious institutions, and the evolution of economic networks.

LC Classification NumberHN740.Z9 C6522 2013