Ploughshare Village: Culture and Context in Taiwan

by Stevan Harrell and Harrell S

Book Overview

This anthropological study of a workers' village in North Taiwan makes an important contribution to the comparative literature on Chinese and Taiwanese social organization. Based on fieldwork conducted in 1973 and 1978, the study is exceptional not only because of its excellent data but also because the village itself was unique. Unlike villages previously studied and written about, Ploughshare was neither an agricultural nor a fishing village,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295994193
• ISBN13: 9780295994192
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"