Social Mobility in Traditional Chinese Society: Community and Class

ISBN-13: 9781138532823 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 320 str.

Yung-Teh Chow

Opis

This authoritative volume - a large-scale empirical work comparable to Pitirim Sorokin's Social Mobility - is a penetrating and comprehensive study of social stratification and mobility in traditional Chinese society and a highly significant addition to the theoretical and factual foundations of contemporary social science

Spis treści

Introduction: W. Lloyd Warner, Preface and Acknowledgments, Tables and Illustrations, 1. Scope and Methods, 2. The Status Structure, 3. The Social Characteristics of the Gentry, 4. Upward Mobility through Schooling and Medical Practice, 5. Upward Mobility through the Army, Government, and Commerce, 6. Upward Mobility by the Avenue of Marriage, 7. The Types of Upward Mobility, 8. The Forms of Social Mobility, 9. Social Reform and Class Mobility, 10. Conclusions and General Remarks, Selected Bibliography, Index

O autorze

Chow, Yung-Teh