Popular operas in late imperial China were a major part of daily entertainment, and were also important for transmitting knowledge of Chinese culture and values. In the twentieth century, however, Chinese operas went through significant changes. During the first four decades of the 1900s, led by Xin Wutai (New Stage) of Shanghai and Yisushe of Xi’an, theaters all over China exp...(展开全部)

In ancient China, as the lowermost class in the social hierarchy, merchants were viewed as greedy and immoral, commanding little respect. But since the sixteenth century, when China entered modern times with the sprout of capitalism, merchants have become a strong force to transform the ancient society. By absorbing methods of anthropology, psychology, geography, and economics,...(展开全部)

本书作者把研究对象确定在中国古代社会中的法律，以期对中国历史上的法律提供一种社会学的解释。在兼跨社会学、历史学、法律这三个学科领域之间，开创了法律史与社会史结合的研究范式，形成了一种新的学术研究体系，被称为“法律社会史”。本书是这一领域的经典著作，初版至今已60余年，并有作者自己的英文译本传世，在西方汉学界广有影响。

美国西雅图华盛顿大学教授，还著有《中华人民共和国基本手册》、《共产党中国的政治参与》等。 美国弗吉尼亚大学政府和外交事务系教授，还著有《共产党国家的开放与外交政策改革》、《从历史眼光看当代中国政治》、《媒体与中国大众》和《毛泽东政治思想的基础》等。

美国西雅图华盛顿大学教授，还著有《中华人民共和国基本手册》、《共产党中国的政治参与》等。 美国弗吉尼亚大学政府和外交事务系教授，还著有《共产党国家的开放与外交政策改革》、《从历史眼光看当代中国政治》、《媒体与中国大众》和《毛泽东政治思想的基础》等。

Marc Andre Matten (Ph.D. 2007, University of Bonn, Germany) is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Chinese History at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. He has published extensively on the issues of Chinese nationalism and national identity, including The Borders of Being Chinese – On the Creation of National Identity in 20th century China (German, Harr...(展开全部)