{"product_id":"inequality-among-brothers-class-and-kinship-in-south-china-paperback-9780521040587","title":"Inequality Among Brothers; Class and Kinship in South China (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521040587","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eInequality Among Brothers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eClass and Kinship in South China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvides a social history of the 600-year-old Chinese lineage village of Ha Tsuen in the New Territories of Hong Kong.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRubie S. Watson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521040587, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 September 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.4 cm, 0.322 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eUsing historical documents and evidence gathered in the field, Rubie Watson provides a social history of the 600-year-old Chinese lineage village of Ha Tsuen in the New Territories of Hong Kong, and demonstrates the crucial role that the lineage played in the evolution of the community from a few scattered households in the fourteenth century into a regional power from the 1700s onwards. Despite a patrilineal ideology that extols the virtues of brotherhood and equality, Dr Watson shows that the lineage has in fact played a central role in the formation, development and maintenance of an élite class of landlords and merchants, who, even though their economic importance has now declined, continue to exert political control. Dr Watson examines the dynamics of interclass relations within a single lineage and shows how these relations have been transformed as a consequence of the growth of wage labour.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Maps\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The development of the Teng lineage: Ha Tsuen's early history\u003cbr\u003e 3. Lineage organization and ideology\u003cbr\u003e 4. Economic organization: the land and the market\u003cbr\u003e 5. Local political organization\u003cbr\u003e 6. Class differences in Ha Tsuen: the social and cultural dimension\u003cbr\u003e 7. Marriage, affinity and class\u003cbr\u003e 8. Economic and political changes: 1945–1978\u003cbr\u003e 9. Social and cultural transformations\u003cbr\u003e 10. Class and kinship\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006257910040,"sku":"9780521040587","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521040587i_f0471019-dced-4c1b-b8c8-061fc164f38b.jpg?v=1694968582","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/inequality-among-brothers-class-and-kinship-in-south-china-paperback-9780521040587","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}