Rich in historical perspective on women and men in the context of economic development, this ethnography provides a unique window on rural China since the 1930s. Laurel Bossen uses her detailed knowledge to explore theories regarding such momentous changes as the demise of footbinding, the transformation and feminization of farming, the rise of family planning, and the question...(展开全部)

Based on in-depth ethnographic research - and using an approach that seeks to understand how migration is experienced by the migrants themselves - this is a fascinating study of the experiences of women in rural China who joined the vast migration to Beijing and other cities at the end of the twentieth century. It focuses on the experiences of rural-urban migrants, the particul...(展开全部)

Based on in-depth ethnographic research - and using an approach that seeks to understand how migration is experienced by the migrants themselves - this is a fascinating study of the experiences of women in rural China who joined the vast migration to Beijing and other cities at the end of the twentieth century. It focuses on the experiences of rural-urban migrants, the particul...(展开全部)

Until recently, few villagers of rural North China ventured far from their homes. Their intensely local view of the world included knowledge of the immanent sacred realm, which derived from stories of divine revelations, cures, and miracles that circulated among neighboring villages. These stories gave direction to private devotion and served as a source of expert information o...(展开全部)

Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasizze men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. But this emphasis has left many important gaps in our knowledge of Chinese life. This study seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their person...(展开全部)

Studies of Chinese society commonly emphasizze men's roles and functions, a not unreasonable approach to a society with patrilineal kinship structure. But this emphasis has left many important gaps in our knowledge of Chinese life. This study seeks to fill some of these gaps by examining the ways rural Taiwanese women manipulate men and each other in the pursuit of their person...(展开全部)

Sixty Years of Photographs, back in print after many years, is one of the most comprehensive surveys of the power and force of a major photographic figure of our time. Before his death in 1976, Strand spent his last days going over his photographic prints and his many books with an eye to the completion of this volume. Because of his insistence on growth and movement toward per...(展开全部)

迈克尔·麦尔（Michael Meyer） 毕业于加州大学伯克利分校，目前在美国匹兹堡大学和香港大学教授纪实文学写作。1995年作为美国“和平队”志愿者首次来到中国，在四川省一座小城市培训英语教师。1997年他搬到北京居住了十年，并在清华大学学习中文。他的文章多次在《纽约时报》《时代周刊》《金融时报》《华尔街日报》等诸多媒体上发表。曾获得多个写作奖项，其中包括古根海姆奖（Guggenheim）、纽约市公共图书馆奖（New York Public Library）、怀廷奖（Whiting）和洛克菲勒·白拉及尔奖（Rockefeller Bellagio）。主要作品有《再会，老北京》《东北游记》。

迈克尔·麦尔（Michael Meyer） 毕业于加州大学伯克利分校，目前在美国匹兹堡大学和香港大学教授纪实文学写作。1995年作为美国“和平队”志愿者首次来到中国，在四川省一座小城市培训英语教师。1997年他搬到北京居住了十年，并在清华大学学习中文。他的文章多次在《纽约时报》《时代周刊》《金融时报》《华尔街日报》等诸多媒体上发表。曾获得多个写作奖项，其中包括古根海姆奖（Guggenheim）、纽约市公共图书馆奖（New York Public Library）、怀廷奖（Whiting）和洛克菲勒·白拉及尔奖（Rockefeller Bellagio）。主要作品有《再会，老北京》《东北游记》。

迈克尔·麦尔（Michael Meyer） 毕业于加州大学伯克利分校，目前在美国匹兹堡大学和香港大学教授纪实文学写作。1995年作为美国“和平队”志愿者首次来到中国，在四川省一座小城市培训英语教师。1997年他搬到北京居住了十年，并在清华大学学习中文。他的文章多次在《纽约时报》《时代周刊》《金融时报》《华尔街日报》等诸多媒体上发表。曾获得多个写作奖项，其中包括古根海姆奖（Guggenheim）、纽约市公共图书馆奖（New York Public Library）、怀廷奖（Whiting）和洛克菲勒·白拉及尔奖（Rockefeller Bellagio）。主要作品有《再会，老北京》《东北游记》。