Revolution in a Chinese Village: Ten Mile Inn: International Library of Sociology D: The Sociology of East Asia (International Library of Sociology)

"This book shows how one backward village became a revolutionary bastion." The International Library of Sociology (ILS) is the most important series of books on sociology ever published. Founded in the 1940s by Karl Mannheim, the series became the forum for pioneering research and theory, marked by comparative approaches and analysis of new disciplines, such as the sociology of youth and culture. Spanning volumes by Parsons, Dickinson and Ossowski, the history of the ILS is the history of modern sociology. Young people are educable. Young people are worth educating. Upon their wise handling depend the issues of ultimate harmonyor conflict in the home, in workshop or factory, and among thenations. Many current methods of treatment find, however, theirjustification only in the somewhat mythical descriptions of pastcenturies. For most of these there is little support in the morecareful studies of recent years Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork Containing in-depth analysis of education, politics, wealth, family, housing and leisure in country and urban areas of Japan, China and Hong Kong; these books are intended for reading by students and researchers in Asian, development, urban studies. Containing in-depth analysis of education, politics, wealth, family, housing and leisure in country and urban areas of Japan, China and Hong Kong, these volumes are key for students and researchers in Asian, Devlopment and Urban Studies First published in 2002. An in-depth study of land reform in one Chinese village, the authors were accepted as comrades in Party life and studies in post-war rural China.