The Structure of Chinese Rural Society

This book is a detailed study of the social history of a portion of the New Territories of Hong Kong from the 15th the early 20th century. The author traces the rise of the the lineage as an institution in this part of south China and sets it in the context of village organization and inter-village alliances

Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · China · Chinese society · Context (archaeology) · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Institution · Lineage (genetic) · Political science · Rural area · Rural society · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies · hong kong · Kinship · New Territories · New Territories (China) · New Territories (Hong Kong) · Rural conditions · Social conditions · Villages