What can we learn from deceptively simple tribal soci eties about the ways in which man resolves his con?icts with other men? How can the social anthropologist aid in our understanding of the problems of power and social control common to all societies, from the simplest to the highly complex? What special tools of the anthropologist enable him to view these phenomena scienti�c...(展开全部)

An outstanding compendium of fourteen papers, almost exclusively based on recent anthropological field research in Hong Kong and Taiwan on the diverse Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist beliefs and practices of the Chinese peasant ... This collection is of great value in explicating the structure of the supernatural world as seen by the Chinese peasant, its similarity to the forma...(展开全部)

美国斯坦福大学人类学系、荷兰内梅亨大学教授，被公认为自施坚雅以后海外中国经济社会史研究的中坚学者、著名人类学者。曾获得美国鲁斯基金会资助。

An outstanding compendium of fourteen papers, almost exclusively based on recent anthropological field research in Hong Kong and Taiwan on the diverse Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist beliefs and practices of the Chinese peasant ... This collection is of great value in explicating the structure of the supernatural world as seen by the Chinese peasant, its similarity to the forma...(展开全部)

This is the first comprehensive English-language introduction to Taoist ritual both for the scholar and the general reader. In this splendid account, Taoism is presented as a system of religious symbol and action deeply rooted in centuries of Chinese social life. In vivid detail, Lagerwey describes the intricacies of Taoist rituals as performed by a single Taoist priest in pres...(展开全部)

For one-semester undergraduate courses in Law and Society, Sociology of Law, Introduction to Law, and a variety of criminal justice courses offered in departments of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Political Science. Examines the interplay between law and society. Law and Society , 10e provides an informative, balanced and comprehensive analysis of the inte...(展开全部)

史蒂文·瓦戈，华盛顿大学博士，圣路易斯大学社会学系杰出荣誉退休教授，前联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）秘书处（巴黎）成员，商业诉讼领域知名专家证人，多家跨国公司高级顾问，经常参与高层国际聚会，著有两部享誉学界的畅销教科书《社会变迁》（2004年第5版）和《法律与社会》（Law and Society）（2006年第8版），它们均已被美国超过500所大学采用。

Law and Society 9th edition provides an informative, balanced and comprehensive analysis of the interplay between law and society. This text presents an overview of the most advanced interdisciplinary and international research, theoretical advances, ongoing debates and controversies. It raises new levels of awareness on the structure and functions of law and legal systems and...(展开全部)

Law and Society offers a contemporary overview of the structure and function of legal institutions, along with a lively discussion of criminal and civil law and their impact on society. Author Matthew Lippman draws on insights from over thirty years of teaching to develop an interdisciplinary approach that introduces readers to both the influence of law on society and the influ...(展开全部)

史蒂文·瓦戈，华盛顿大学博士，圣路易斯大学社会学系杰出荣誉退休教授，前联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）秘书处（巴黎）成员，商业诉讼领域知名专家证人，多家跨国公司高级顾问，经常参与高层国际聚会，著有两部享誉学界的畅销教科书《社会变迁》（2004年第5版）和《法律与社会》（Law and Society）（2006年第8版），它们均已被美国超过500所大学采用。