Village Life In China
by Arthur H. Smith
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About this eBook
- Author
- Smith, Arthur H., 1845-1932
- Title
- Village Life in China: A Study in Sociology
- Credits
- Produced by Bryan Ness, Sharon Joiner, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- Villages
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 33485
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33485
- Release Date
- August 22, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Village Life in China — Village Life in China — A STUDY IN SOCIOLOGY — BY — ARTHUR H. SMITH, D.D. — AUTHOR OF “Chinese Characteristics”
- 2.Foreword
- 3.Acknowledgment.
- 4.Contents
- 5.List of Illustrations
- 6.Glossary
- 7.PART I — The Village, Its Institutions, Usages and Public Characters
- 8.I — THE CHINESE VILLAGE
- 9.II — CONSTRUCTION OF VILLAGES
- 10.III — VILLAGE NOMENCLATURE
- 11.IV — COUNTRY ROADS
- 12.V — THE VILLAGE FERRY
- 13.VI — VILLAGE WELLS
- 14.VII — THE VILLAGE SHOP
- 15.VIII — THE VILLAGE THEATRE
- 16.IX — VILLAGE SCHOOLS AND TRAVELLING SCHOLARS
- 17.X — CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION—THE VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL—EXAMINATIONS—RECENT EDUCATIONAL EDICTS
- 18.XI — VILLAGE TEMPLES AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES
- 19.XII — COÖPERATION IN RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES
- 20.XIII — COÖPERATION IN MARKETS AND FAIRS
- 21.XIV — COÖPERATIVE LOAN SOCIETIES
- 22.XV — SOCIETIES FOR WATCHING THE CROPS
- 23.XVI — VILLAGE AND CITY RAIN-MAKING
- 24.XVII — THE VILLAGE HUNT
- 25.XVIII — VILLAGE WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS
- 26.XIX — NEW YEAR IN CHINESE VILLAGES — DUMPLINGS — REUNION — NEW CLOTHES — RELIGIOUS RITES — SOCIAL CEREMONIES — NATIONAL LEISURE — GAMBLING — DEBT-PAYING
- 27.XX — THE VILLAGE BULLY
- 28.XXI — VILLAGE HEADMEN
- 29.PART II — Village Family Life
- 30.XXII — VILLAGE BOYS AND MEN
- 31.XXIII — CHINESE COUNTRY GIRLS AND WOMEN — SUICIDE AS A VIRTUE.
- 32.XXIV — THE MONOTONY AND VACUITY OF VILLAGE LIFE
- 33.XXV — UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM OF THE CHINESE FAMILY
- 34.XXVI — INSTABILITY FROM FAMILY DISUNITY
- 35.PART III — Regeneration of the Chinese Village
- 36.XXVII — WHAT CAN CHRISTIANITY DO FOR CHINA?
- 37.Index
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