The Little Community and Peasant Society and Culture

The Little Community and Peasant Society and Culture
Author: Robert Redfield
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1989-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0226706702

This volume combines two classic works of anthropology. The Little Community draws on the author's own notable studies of the villages of Tepoztlan and Chan Kom to explore the means by which scientists try to understand human communities. It contains, wrote Margaret Mead, "the essence of Robert Redfield's multifaceted contributions to the place of community studies in social science." Peasant Society and Culture outlines a speculative foundation for the emergence of anthropology from the study of isolated primitive tribes.

Peasent Society And Culture

Peasent Society And Culture
Author: Robert Redfield
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781016615709

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Understanding Peasant China

Understanding Peasant China
Author: Daniel Little
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780300054774

In this innovative book, Daniel Little compares the positions of various social scientists regarding debates in China studies. Little focuses on four topics: the relative importance of individual rationality and community values in explaining traditional peasant behavior; the role of marketing and transportation systems in Chinese society; the causes of agricultural stagnation in traditional China; and the reasons for peasant rebellions in Qing China. He not only makes a constructive contribution to these controversies but also provides examples of the diversity of social science research.