This book presents four representative works of theoretical research on the traditional culture and social structure of rural society in China, such as Rural China, Fertility System, Rural Reconstruction and the Power of Imperial Gentry, which can be used as a reference for sociological work, teaching and researchers.
Native China is a sociological work by Fei Xiaotong, a contemporary sociologist in China. First published in 1948.
This book is the result of the author's research on rural social problems and consists of 14 papers. Respectively from the rural society, cultural heritage, family system, moral concepts, power structure, social norms, social changes and many other aspects of observation.
The structure and characteristics of rural society are analyzed. There are no vague sermons and simple analogies in the book. Everything is based on time and space conditions, and we can see the cultural differences between China and the West from the aspects of structure, morality, law, family and power.
China in my hometown is one of the important representative works of theoretical research on traditional culture and social structure of rural society in China.