Doing fieldwork inside the PRC is an eye-opening but sometimes also deeply frustrating experience. In this volume scholars from around the world reflect on thei

This book explores how fieldwork has been used to research Chinese history in the past and new ways that others might use in it the future. It introduces the pr

Putting China into the context of general anthropology offers novel insights into its history, culture and society. Studies in the anthropology of China need to

This is an anthropological exploration of the roots of China's modernity in the country's own tradition, as seen especially in economic and kinship patterns.

Tracing China’s journey began from exploring rural revolution and reconstitutions of community in South China. Spanning decades of rural-urban divide, it fina