This book relates the stories of four leaders under very different political regimes: Colonial, Nationalist and Communist. The authors compare Chinese notions of respect and inspiration with their equivalents in other religious and political histories of colonial and post-colonial modernity, thereby producing a thorough re-working of the idea of charisma. The result is an intri...(展开全部)

This book attempts to describe, analyze, and interpret the structure and functioning of local government at the chou and hsien levels in the Ch'ing dynasty. The chou and hsien were the units of local government that actually carried out administration and dealt directly with the people. An understanding of how they functioned can tell us much about how the populace was ruled in...(展开全部)

作者 | 瞿同祖（1910—2008） 著名社会学家、法学家、历史学家。1939年执教云南大学。1944年执教西南联合大学，历任讲师、副教授、教授；其间撰写出版《中国法律与中国社会》一书，成为学术界的开新之作。1945年春应邀赴美，先后任哥伦比亚大学中国历史研究室研究员、哈佛大学东亚研究中心研究员；出版《清代地方政府》，在西方汉学界产生了相当大的影响。1962年转加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学，任副教授，讲中国通史。1965年回国，待业数年后发回原籍，任省文史馆员。1976年调入中国社科院近代史所。2006年当选为中国社会科学院荣誉学部委员。 著有《中国封建社会》、《中国法律与中国社会》、《清代地方政府》（Local Government in China Under the Ch'ing）、《汉代社会结构》（Han Social Structure）...(展开全部)

作者 | 瞿同祖（1910—2008） 著名社会学家、法学家、历史学家。1939年执教云南大学。1944年执教西南联合大学，历任讲师、副教授、教授；其间撰写出版《中国法律与中国社会》一书，成为学术界的开新之作。1945年春应邀赴美，先后任哥伦比亚大学中国历史研究室研究员、哈佛大学东亚研究中心研究员；出版《清代地方政府》，在西方汉学界产生了相当大的影响。1962年转加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学，任副教授，讲中国通史。1965年回国，待业数年后发回原籍，任省文史馆员。1976年调入中国社科院近代史所。2006年当选为中国社会科学院荣誉学部委员。 著有《中国封建社会》、《中国法律与中国社会》、《清代地方政府》（Local Government in China Under the Ch'ing）、《汉代社会结构》（Han Social Structure）...(展开全部)

This book attempts to describe, analyze, and interpret the structure and functioning of local government at the chou and hsien levels in the Ch'ing dynasty. The chou and hsien were the units of local government that actually carried out administration and dealt directly with the people. An understanding of how they functioned can tell us much about how the populace was ruled in...(展开全部)

This book is a comprehensive survey of the structure, organization and institutionalization of local community religious traditions in north China villages in the twentieth century. These traditions have their own forms of leaders, deities and beliefs. Despite much local variation one everywhere finds similar temples, images, offerings and temple festivals, all supported by pra...(展开全部)

This book is a comprehensive survey of the structure, organization and institutionalization of local community religious traditions in north China villages in the twentieth century. These traditions have their own forms of leaders, deities and beliefs. Despite much local variation one everywhere finds similar temples, images, offerings and temple festivals, all supported by pra...(展开全部)

"Show[s] the system to be made up of real human beings engaged in high-stakes political activity, impossible to capture on an organizat ion chart. . . . A major work that no serious student of politics should miss."--Michael Gasster, Annals of American Academy of Political & Social Science "The best book yet in the doing business in China' category."--Nancy Langston, Far Easter...(展开全部)

"Show[s] the system to be made up of real human beings engaged in high-stakes political activity, impossible to capture on an organizat ion chart. . . . A major work that no serious student of politics should miss."--Michael Gasster, Annals of American Academy of Political & Social Science "The best book yet in the doing business in China' category."--Nancy Langston, Far Easter...(展开全部)