Understanding Chinese Society
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: June 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780745617350
Subjects: Cultural studies; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Sociology, Social Studies; Sociology; Customs & Traditions; Social Science; China; Sociology - General; Anthropology - Cultural; CHINA_SOCIAL CONDITIONS; Social Science / Sociology / General; Sociology - Marriage & Family; 1976-2000; Social conditions
First sentence: frame, the eastern cultures, especially China, were in any case, until about five hundred years ago or less, wealthier and had more elaborate patterns of culture and knowledge than the societies of Europe.