Kinship & Community

This volume presents contemporary anthropological perspectives on Chinese kinship, and documents in rich ethnographic detail its historical complexity and regional diversity. The collection's analytical emphasis is on the modern 'metamorphoses' of kinship in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan..

This volume presents contemporary anthropological perspectives on Chinese kinship, and documents in rich ethnographic detail its historical complexity and regional diversity. The collection's analytical emphasis is on the modern 'metamorphoses' of kinship in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan..

First published in 1957 ,and reprinted with a new introduction in 1986, Michael Young and Peter Willmott’s book on family and kinship in Bethnal Green in the 1950s is a classic in urban studies. _x000D_ A standard text in planning, housing, family studies and sociology, it predicted the failure in s..

The High North in a Time of Transition collects multiple perspectives on the lives of people in the High North of Norway at a point when the petroleum boom is no longer the dominant cultural feature of the region...

Schools in an Urban Community is an ethnography of the Carbrook and Hill Top area of the Attercliffe district of Sheffield before it was cleared for redevelopment. It provides an in depth look at the community and schools of the area...

First published in 1989, United Kingdom? examines the three main divisions in British society in the post-war period: class, race and gender. It considers the extent to which the United Kingdom really was a kingdom united from the post-war period to the late 1980s, focusing on issues of cohesion and..

First published in 1989, United Kingdom? examines the three main divisions in British society in the post-war period: class, race and gender. It considers the extent to which the United Kingdom really was a kingdom united from the post-war period to the late 1980s, focusing on issues of cohesion and..