China's Scientific Elite is a study of those scientists holding China's highest academic honour - membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Having carried out extensive systematic data collection of CAS members Cao examines the social stratification system of the Chinese science community and the way in which politics and political interference has effected the stratificat...(展开全部)

Though China's urban history reaches back over five thousand years, it is only in the last quarter century that urbanization has emerged as a force of widespread social transformation while a massive population shift from country to city has brought about a dramatic revolution in China's culture, politics, and economy. Employing a historical perspective, John Friedmann presents...(展开全部)

"This book is primarily about the peoples of Liangshan and Panzhihua. However, it also has quite a bit to say about ethnic relations in the People's Republic, about ethnology, and about the nature of the Chinese state and its future." - Colin Mackerras, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in the 1980s and 1990s in southern Sichuan...(展开全部)

This volume offers an overview of the methodologies of research in the field of military studies. As an institution relying on individuals and resources provided by society, the military has been studied by scholars from a wide range of disciplines: political science, sociology, history, psychology, anthropology, economics and administrative studies. The methodological approach...(展开全部)

This collection brings together cutting-edgework by established and emerging scholars focusing on key societies in the East Asian region: China, Taiwan, Japan, and North and South Korea. Chapters also address Mongolia and Vietnam, two countries often overlooked in studies of East Asia but whose societies have long been impacted by Chinese ideas and influences. This scope enable...(展开全部)

罗伯特·林德 (Robert Lynd，1892-1970) 和海伦·林德 (Helen Lynd，1894-1982)，夫妇二人均是美国社会学家，罗伯特·林德曾担任美国社会科学研究委员会委员，并在哥伦比亚大学教授社会学；海伦·林德曾在纽约莎拉劳伦斯学院任教。夫妇二人闻名于他们20世纪二三十年代对美国东北部一个小城镇“中镇”持续的社会研究，其成果凝结为《中镇》（1929）和《转变中的中镇》（1937）两部著作，他们的研究也使得“中镇”成为美国文化研究的重要标本。 梁文静，北京大学人类学博士，现任教于重庆大学中国语言文学系。 王晓燕，北京大学社会学硕士。 高卉，北京大学人类学博士，石河子大学法学院院长、教授。

How does the Chinese banking sector really work? Nearly all financial institutions in China are managed by members of the Communist Party, yet economists and even those who engage the Chinese banking sector simply do not have a framework with which to analyze the links between banking and politics. Drawing from interviews, statistical analysis, and archival research, this book ...(展开全部)

China's rapid economic expansion raises questions internally and externally about how it will acquire the energy it needs to sustain growth. Currently it is the largest producer and consumer of coal; how much will it continue to rely on its abundant natural resource in the face of increasing environmental concerns? Will it embrace new clean coal technologies developed by others...(展开全部)