ABSTRACT

This book studies the development of the four fields of anthropology in China. Looking at both the political and social contexts, Greg Guldin demonstrates how political turmoil has shaped China's twentieth century anthropological landscape.

part I|19 pages

Anthropological Life after Death

chapter 1|2 pages

Long Live Liang Zhaotao!

chapter 1|15 pages

A Decade of Changes

part II|57 pages

Importing Disciplines, 1898–1949

chapter 2|13 pages

Foreign Introductions

chapter 2|4 pages

Lin Huixiang, Mentor of Liang Zhaotao

chapter 3|10 pages

Foreign Visitors

chapter 3|7 pages

Zhongshan University and Yang Chengzhi

chapter 4|20 pages

China's Western Anthropology Matures

chapter 4|1 pages

Liang Zhaotao at Liberation

part III|66 pages

Early PRC Socialism and the Soviet Model, 1949–1960

chapter 5|13 pages

Transitions

chapter 6|17 pages

Reorientation

chapter 7|20 pages

Learning from Elder Brother

chapter 8|14 pages

In the Field

part IV|66 pages

“Maoized” Disciplines, 1957–1978

chapter 9|26 pages

“Maoization” as Sinicization

chapter 5|10 pages

Liang Zhaotao and New China, 1949–1964

chapter 6|8 pages

Liang Zhaotao, Exile and Rehabilitation

part V|44 pages

National Anthropologies: A Chinese Model?

chapter 11|19 pages

The Return of Foreign Anthropologies?

chapter 12|13 pages

Sinicizing Chinese Anthropology

chapter 7|2 pages

Liang Zhaotao: An Epitaph