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"A magnificent record of times past." -- James Hayes, Pacific Affairs
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"This is an extraordinary volume that deserves attention and appreciation. It summarizes the achievements of two world-class scholars, a husband and wife team...With sophisticationand sensitivity, James and Rubie Watson have highlighted analytical issues and historical evidence that mark a signif-icant phase in the field of Chinese anthropology." -- Helen F. Siu, Yale University
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On a hot afternoon in July, 1969, John Young (then a graduate student at Stanford University) took us on a tour of the New Territories. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sihk puhn, mui jai, agnatic level, saat hei, corporate landlordism, min slavery, sai mahn, central ancestral hall, bride callers, coastal pacification, jiao processions, nahm mouh, village guardsmen, bridal laments, passive pollution, corpse handlers, hereditary tenancy, funeral specialists, sacrificial pork, main ancestral hall, surname exogamy, grave rites, fang qian, fellow lineage members, focal ancestor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, San Tin, New Territories, Tian Hou, Stanford University Press, Yuen Long, University of California Press, New York, Cambridge University Press, Kam Tin, Ping Shan, Maurice Freedman, Sheung Shui, Pearl River Delta, Mong Tseng, James Watson, Modern Asian Studies, Chang Cheng-p'ing, Modern China, Harvard University Press, Wai Dak, Sand River Mother, Ann Arbor, Hugh Baker, Journal of Asian Studies New!
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On a hot afternoon in July, 1969, John Young (then a graduate student at Stanford University) took us on a tour of the New Territories. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sihk puhn, mui jai, agnatic level, saat hei, corporate landlordism, min slavery, sai mahn, central ancestral hall, bride callers, coastal pacification, jiao processions, nahm mouh, village guardsmen, bridal laments, passive pollution, corpse handlers, hereditary tenancy, funeral specialists, sacrificial pork, main ancestral hall, surname exogamy, grave rites, fang qian, fellow lineage members, focal ancestor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, San Tin, New Territories, Tian Hou, Stanford University Press, Yuen Long, University of California Press, New York, Cambridge University Press, Kam Tin, Ping Shan, Maurice Freedman, Sheung Shui, Pearl River Delta, Mong Tseng, James Watson, Modern Asian Studies, Chang Cheng-p'ing, Modern China, Harvard University Press, Wai Dak, Sand River Mother, Ann Arbor, Hugh Baker, Journal of Asian Studies New!
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- Inequality Among Brothers: Class and Kinship in South China (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Rubie S. Watson on 13 pages
- Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China (Studies on China) by James L. Watson on 8 pages
- Death and the Regeneration of Life by Maurice Bloch on 8 pages
- Lineage Organization in Southeastern China (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology : No. 18) by Maurice Freedman on 7 pages
- Popular Culture in Late Imperial China by David Johnson on 6 pages
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