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Hanvueng : the Goose King and the Ancestral King : an epic from Guangxi in Southern China
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ISBN: 9789004285613 9789004290006 9004290001 900428561X Year: 2015 Publisher: Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill,

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This work is an annotated edition of a ritual manuscript, written in the traditional Zhuang character script. The Hanvueng epic is a narrative in verse about murderous enmity between two royal step-brothers, recited when there is fraternal feuding, death by violence, outbreaks of smallpox, or other such disasters. The theme of enmity is an important one that resonates deeply in the Tai societies on the periphery of the Chinese empire. The narrative touches on many other aspects of life in the valley-kingdoms in the highlands of Guangxi: marriage and inheritance, match-making, slavery and social stratification, agriculture, hunting, fishing, raiding, livestock raising dye-making, wild animals and plants, and the use of ritual to put things to rights.

Scarlet memorial : tales of cannibalism in modern China
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ISBN: 081332615X Year: 1996 Publisher: Boulder (Colo.) : Westview press,


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Treatises of the supervisor and guardian of the Cinnamon Sea : the natural world and material culture of 12th century south China
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ISBN: 0295990791 0295802065 0295990783 9780295802060 9780295990781 9780295990798 9780295990781 9780295990798 Year: 2010 Publisher: Seattle : University of Washington Press,

The Making of the Chinese State : Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands
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ISBN: 9780521853545 0521853540 9780511523953 9780521189897 0521189896 0511523955 0511837607 Year: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press,

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In this well-crafted 2006 study of the relationships between the state and its borderlands, Leo Shin traces the roots of China's modern ethnic configurations to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644). Challenging the traditional view that China's expansion was primarily an exercise of incorporation and assimilation, Shin argues that as the centre extended its reach to the wild and inaccessible south, the political interests of the state, the economic needs of the settlers, and the imaginations of the cultural elites all facilitated the demarcation and categorisation of these borderland 'non-Chinese' populations. The story told here, however, extends beyond the imperial period. Just as Ming emperors considered it essential to reinforce a sense of universal order by demarcating the 'non-Chinese', modern-day Chinese rulers also find it critical to maintain the myth of a unified multi-national state by officially recognising a total of fifty-six 'nationalities'.

Tigers, rice, silk, and silt : environment and economy in late imperial south China
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ISBN: 0521591775 0511008260 0521027764 0511054297 0511324707 0511150660 1280153229 051151199X 0511116756 1107114314 9780511008269 0511039050 9780511039058 9780511116759 9780521591775 9780511511998 9780521027762 Year: 1997 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Challenging the conventional wisdom conveyed by Western environmental historians about China, this book examines the correlations between economic and environmental changes in the southern Chinese provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi from 1400 to 1850, but also provides substantial background from 2CE on. Robert Marks discusses the impact of population growth on land-use patterns, the agro-ecology of the region, and deforestation; the commercialization of agriculture and its implications for ecological change; the impact of climatic change on agriculture; and the ways in which the human population responded to environmental challenges. This book is a significant contribution to both Chinese and environmental history. It is groundbreaking in its methods and in its findings.

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Social connections in China : institutions, culture, and the changing nature of guanxi
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ISBN: 052181233X 0521530318 0511177003 0511042302 0511157886 0511304749 0511499574 1280433981 0511045298 9780511042300 9780521812337 9780521530316 9780511045295 9780511157882 9780511499579 1107125529 9781107125520 9781280433986 9780511177002 9780511304743 Year: 2002 Volume: 21 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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Guanxi, translated as 'social connections,' or 'social networks,' is among the most important studied phenomena in China today. Guanxi lies at the heart of China's social order, its economic structure, and its changing institutional landscape. It is considered important in every realm of life, from politics to business, and officialdom to street life. This volume offers scholarly thinking on the subject by top China sociologists whose work on guanxi has been influential and by scholars offering insights on the topic. The authors examine the role of guanxi in: business decisions among managers and entrepreneurs; the decisions and practices of workers; the construction of new legal institutions; the new social order. Scholars and students of China will find this a rich source of detailed information on the workings of Chinese social relationships and a valuable, new interpretation of the meaning and place of guanxi today.

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Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) --- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (Chine) --- Social conditions --- Conditions sociales --- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu (China) - Social conditio. --- Social Conditions --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- China --- S11/0570 --- S11/0540 --- S11/0497 --- S11/0507 --- S11/0705 --- S11/0708 --- China: Social sciences--Guanxi --- China: Social sciences--The Chinese model --- China: Social sciences--Society since 1976 --- China: Social sciences--Daily life: since 1976 --- China: Social sciences--Clan and family: since 1949 --- China: Social sciences--Elite --- Sociology --- Social conditions. --- Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih chʻü (China) --- Guansi-Chzhuanskiĭ avtonomnyĭ raĭon (China) --- Kuang-hsi Chuang tsu tzu chih chʻü --- Kwangsi Chuang Autonomous Region (China) --- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (China) --- Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu ren min zheng fu (China) --- Kuang-hsi (China) --- Kwangsi (China) --- 广西壮族自治区 (China) --- Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih (China) --- Guangxi Sheng (China) --- Social networks --- Business networks --- E-books --- Business networking --- Networking, Business --- Networks, Business --- Industrial clusters --- Strategic alliances (Business) --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ

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