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This book is a collection of revised articles based on the authors'fieldwork on two villages in Yuen Long, a rural district of Hong Kong. It presents the authors'observations and their interpretation of life in a southern Chinese village under the process of urbanization.

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A magnificent record of times past.--James Hayes-Pacific Affairs- (01/01/0001)

This is an extraordinary volume that deserves attention and appreciation. It summarizes the achievements of two world-class scholars, a husband and wife team...With sophisticationand sensitivity, James and Rubie Watson have highlighted analytical issues and historical evidence that mark a signif-icant phase in the field of Chinese anthropology.

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James L. Watson is Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. Rubie S. Watson is Howells Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. The Watsons have conducted ethnographic research in South China (Hong Kong, Guangdong, and Jiangxi) since the late 1960s.

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