Title: A detailed look at a Chinese village in Shantung provience.
Product review: This is a most interesting and insightful look at all aspects of a chinese village of the 1940's. It's very comprehensive and includes everything from daily life to the social structure of the village and beyond. Meeting the people of the village is especially interesting. The only real drawbacks are: 1-It was written in 1945 and so it would be nice to see a more modern study, considering the many changes in China. 2-It's getting hard to find. 3-Being a socialogical study, it can get rather wordy at times, and thus lacks the flowing narrative of, say, Jonathan Spence's works. Still, a thoroughly fascinating peek at a thoroughly fascinating culture.
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