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028			_aInternational Book Distributors _b;Flat No.17,Prakash Apartments ,5 Ansari Road,DaryaGanj,New Delhi-110002 _c;112528 _d;20/07/2018
082			_a306.0951 FEI
100			_aXiaotong Fei _a; Gary G Hamilton _a; Zheng Wang
245			_aFrom the soil, the foundations of Chinese society _b: a translation of Fei Xiaotong's Xiangtu Zhongguo, with an introduction and epilogue _c/Xiaotong Fei; Gary G Hamilton; Zheng Wang
260			_aBerkeley _b: University of California Press _c, ©1992.
300			_aix, 160 pages _c; 24 cm
520			_aThis classic text by Fei Xiaotong, China's finest social scientist, was first published in 1947 and is Fei's chief theoretical statement about the distinctive characteristics of Chinese society. Written in Chinese from a Chinese point of view for a Chinese audience, From the Soil describes the contrasting organizational principles of Chinese and Western societies, thereby conveying the essential features of both. Fei shows how these unique features reflect and are reflected in the moral and ethical characters of people in these societies. This profound, challenging book is both succinct and accessible. In its first complete English-language edition, it is likely to have a wide impact on Western social theorists. Gary G. Hamilton and Wang Zheng's translation captures Fei's jargonless, straightforward style of writing. Their introduction describes Fei's education and career as a sociologist, the fate of his writings on and off the Mainland, and the sociological significance of his analysis. The translators' epilogue highlights the social reforms for China that Fei drew from his analysis and advocated in a companion text written in the same period.
650			_aSocial Sciences
655			_aSocial conditions _b China -- Social conditions.
700			_aXiaotong Fei; Gary G Hamilton; Zheng Wang
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