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9780295994192 : ploughshare-village-harrell
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Ploughshare Village

Culture and Context in Taiwan

By Stevan Harrell
University of Washington Press
This anthropological study of a workers’ village in North Taiwan makes an important contribution to the comparative literature on Chinese and Taiwanese social organization. Based on fieldwork conducted in 1973 and 1978, the study is exceptional not only because of its excellent data but also because the village itself was unique. Unlike villages previously studied and written about, Ploughshare was neither an agricultural nor a fishing village, but rather one whose inhabitants earned their living mostly from coal mining, knitting, and other non-agrarian activities. Culture and environmental context thus shaped social organization there differently than in other Taiwanese villages. This ethnography links local data to surrounding socioeconomic spheres: it shows the village’s relationship to its region, to Taiwan as a whole, and to the international economy. It also captures an important point in time, as Taiwan was undergoing the “economic miracle” that brought it into the ranks of developed countries. Stevan Harrell’s new preface highlights changes not only in the village over the last several decades, but also in the ways that anthropologists think about culture and Taiwan.

Ploughshare Village
, with its rich descriptions and analyses, will be of value to anthropologists, sociologists, economists, and China specialists.

About the Author

Stevan Harrell is professor of anthropology and environmental and forest sciences at the University of Washington. He is the author of Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China; coauthor of Fieldwork Connections: The Fabric of Ethnographic Collaboration in China and America; editor of Cultural Encounters of China’s Ethnic Frontiers; and coeditor of Cultural Change in Postwar Taiwan.
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Paperback / softback
September 18, 2014
9780295994192
English
262
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6.00 Inches (US)
.8 Pounds (US)
$35.00 USD, £26.99 GBP
v2.1 Reference
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