This two-volume set examines the social history of the Hanjiang River region of southern China from the Song Dynasty to modern times, shedding light on the complex relationship between local societies and state power in traditional China.
This two-volume set examines the social history of the Hanjiang River region of southern China from the Song Dynasty to modern times, shedding light on the complex relationship between local societies and state power in traditional China.
Through a careful analysis of social change over the centuries, the study shows how religious beliefs, administrative systems, cultural etiquette and ethnic interactions in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River shaped regional development. Local communities in the region navigated periods of social upheaval, dynastic change and economic transformation with remarkable adaptability. The two volumes show how the people of the Hanjiang River region skilfully combined local traditions with state resources as they integrated into the unified dynastic state - undergoing successive waves of orthodoxy, militarisation, commercialisation and internationalisation. Their experiences offer a microcosmic view of China's broader historical development.
This set is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of pre-modern and modern Chinese social history and historical anthropology.
Volume 1: Introduction Part I Religion, Ethnic Groups and Social Order
before the Mid-Ming Dynasty
2. Tales of Gods: Textualization and Local
Society during the Song and Yuan Dynasties
3. Coastal Defense, Garrison, and
Battalions in the Early Ming Dynasty
4. Local Society of Coastal Area
5.
Mountainous Area in the Early Ming Dynasty
6. Different Ethnic Groups in
Xingning County Part II From the Intrusion of Japanese Pirates to Coastal
Clearances
7. Pirates and Bandits
8. Appeased Pirates Mountain Bandits
9.
Organization of Local Armed Forces and the Militarization of Rural Areas
10.
Social Unrest and Literature Compilation Part III Local Beliefs and
Settlement Patterns
11. Localization of Orthodox Gods
12. Role of the Gentry
and Development of the Double Loyal Ministers Belief in the Qing Dynasty
13.
Settlement Patterns Coastal and Mountainous Areas
14. Social Transformation
of Coastal and Mountainous Areas Volume 2: Part I Clans, Temples, and Local
Commercialization
1. Lifting the Coastal Ban and Clan Construction
2. Clan
Integration in Dongfeng Village
3. Legalization of Maritime Trade and its
Effects
4. Commercial Center in Zhanglin
5. Temple Networks in Zhanglin Part
II The History of Hometowns for Overseas Chinese
6. Rise of Shantou and
Popularization of Dafeng Belief
7. Formation of Hometowns for Overseas
Chinese
8. Letters and Remittances of Overseas Chinese and Characteristics
of Their Hometowns
9. Overseas Chinese and Charitable Halls in Chaozhou and
Shantou
10. Development of the Shantou City and Hakka Ethnic Group
11.
Epilogue
Chen Chunsheng is Professor at the Department of History, Sun Yat-sen University, China and Chair of the Steering Committee for Guidance in History Teaching of the Ministry of Education of China. His research interests include Chinese social history, economic history, and historical theory. He has significant contributions in historical measurement research and traditional rural society studies.
