Stevan Harrell is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Washington and Acting Curator of Asian Ethnology at the Burke Museum. He is author of the forthcoming "Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China" (2000), "Human Families "(1997) and "Ploughshare Village: Culture and Context in Taiwan "(1982). He is also co-editor of "Mountain Patterns: The Survival of Nuosu Culture in China "(2000), with Bamo Qubumo and Ma Erzi. His edited volumes include "Chinese Historical Microdemography "(California, 1995) and "Chinese Families in the Post-Mao Era "(California, 1993, coedited with Deborah Davis...