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Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History

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Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History

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Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History book

A Research Guide

Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History

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Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History book

A Research Guide
ByThomas David DuBois, Jan Kiely
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2019
eBook Published 6 December 2019
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429293078
Pages 332
eBook ISBN 9780429293078
Subjects Area Studies, Humanities, Social Sciences
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Kiely, J., & DuBois, T.D. (Eds.). (2019). Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History: A Research Guide (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429293078

ABSTRACT

This book explores how fieldwork has been used to research Chinese history in the past and new ways that others might use in it the future. It introduces the previous generations of scholars who ventured out of the archive to conduct local investigations in Chinese cities, villages, farms and temples. It goes on to present the techniques of historical fieldwork, providing guidance on how to integrate oral history into research plans and archival research, conduct interviews, and locate sources in the field. Chapters by established researchers relate these techniques to specific types of fieldwork, including religion, the imperial past, natural environments and agriculture. Combining the past and the future of the craft, the book provides a rich resource for scholars coming new to fieldwork in the history of China.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editors’ preface: Fieldwork in Modern Chinese History Thomas DuBois and Jan Kiely  I: History and fieldwork in historical perspective  1. They went to the people but did they hear them? Comments on Field Research in China the 1920s and 1930s David Faure  2. A brief history of Japanese field research on China Linda Grove  3. The Traditionalist Phase in Taiwan Anthropology: 1960-80 Myron L. Cohen  II: Work reflections: Fieldwork in the mirror  4. Fieldwork for Ming historians Michael Szonyi  5. Conducting fieldwork as a local: Perspectives from Hulunbuir Guan Yuxia and Zhang Wei  6. Who Are They, and Who Am I?: Discovering Gender and Ethnicity in the Sino-Tibetan Borderland  Xiaofei Kang  7. Ritual performance in changing local society Stephen Jones  8. Beyond the border of disciplines and societies: From fieldwork among the Lahu to the history of bazi basins Jianxiong Ma  III: Walking the ground, talking to people  9. Basic Questions for Fieldwork on Pre-1949 Chinese Society John Lagerwey  10. Festivals in the Field--A Social Historical Perspective Paul R. Katz  11. Doing historical-anthropological fieldwork in Jiangnan: gazetteers, newspapers, and real life Vincent Goossaert  12. Incorporating historical GIS in fieldwork on Chinese culture and religion  Kenneth Dean  13. Walks in Canton: Doing Historical Anthropology in a Chinese City May Bo Ching and Zhiwei Liu  14. Contextualizing Ethnic Classification: The Case of hemu (合亩) among the Li of Hainan Xi He  15. Mud on Your Boots: Researching the Social and Environmental History of Conservation in Baishui County, Shaanxi during the 1950s Micah S. Muscolino  16. Medicine, health and disease: Among the barefoot doctors of Hangzhou Xiaoping Fang  17. Discovering the Cultural Revolution through oral history Guoqiang Dong  18. Walking a production chain: An interdisciplinary approach to the history of things Thomas David DuBois  IV. Finding and working with grassroots documents 19. Field research using contracts (qiyue): Legal archives of late Qing and early Republican-era Longquan, Zhejiang Zhengzhen Du  20. Account books (zhangben) in local history studies Yonghua Liu  21. Land and property deeds and urban studies: A case study of deeds collected by Ms. Liu, Sujuan Huang  22. Genealogies and Revolution in the Jiangxi Soviet Weixin Rao  23. Using local and Public Security Bureau archives from the 1950s—Poyang county, Jiangxi, Shigu Liu  24. Exploring a northern Jiangsu County Intangible Cultural Heritage Archive Jan Kiely

Thomas DuBois and Jan Kiely  I: History and fieldwork in historical perspective  1. They went to the people but did they hear them? Comments on Field Research in China the 1920s and 1930s David Faure  2. A brief history of Japanese field research on China Linda Grove  3. The Traditionalist Phase in Taiwan Anthropology: 1960-80 Myron L. Cohen  II: Work reflections: Fieldwork in the mirror  4. Fieldwork for Ming historians Michael Szonyi  5. Conducting fieldwork as a local: Perspectives from Hulunbuir Guan Yuxia and Zhang Wei  6. Who Are They, and Who Am I?: Discovering Gender and Ethnicity in the Sino-Tibetan Borderland  Xiaofei Kang  7. Ritual performance in changing local society Stephen Jones  8. Beyond the border of disciplines and societies: From fieldwork among the Lahu to the history of bazi basins Jianxiong Ma  III: Walking the ground, talking to people  9. Basic Questions for Fieldwork on Pre-1949 Chinese Society John Lagerwey  10. Festivals in the Field--A Social Historical Perspective Paul R. Katz  11. Doing historical-anthropological fieldwork in Jiangnan: gazetteers, newspapers, and real life Vincent Goossaert  12. Incorporating historical GIS in fieldwork on Chinese culture and religion  Kenneth Dean  13. Walks in Canton: Doing Historical Anthropology in a Chinese City May Bo Ching and Zhiwei Liu  14. Contextualizing Ethnic Classification: The Case of hemu (合亩) among the Li of Hainan Xi He  15. Mud on Your Boots: Researching the Social and Environmental History of Conservation in Baishui County, Shaanxi during the 1950s Micah S. Muscolino  16. Medicine, health and disease: Among the barefoot doctors of Hangzhou Xiaoping Fang  17. Discovering the Cultural Revolution through oral history Guoqiang Dong  18. Walking a production chain: An interdisciplinary approach to the history of things Thomas David DuBois  IV. Finding and working with grassroots documents 19. Field research using contracts (qiyue): Legal archives of late Qing and early Republican-era Longquan, Zhejiang Zhengzhen Du  20. Account books (zhangben) in local history studies Yonghua Liu  21. Land and property deeds and urban studies: A case study of deeds collected by Ms. Liu, Sujuan Huang  22. Genealogies and Revolution in the Jiangxi Soviet Weixin Rao  23. Using local and Public Security Bureau archives from the 1950s—Poyang county, Jiangxi, Shigu Liu  24. Exploring a northern Jiangsu County Intangible Cultural Heritage Archive Jan Kiely

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