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List of Illustrations
Preface to the 2015 Edition
A Note on Romanization
Introduction
1. Ploughshare in the Socioeconomic System
2. The Changing Nature of Work
3. Social Inequality
4. Community Relations
5. Family Organization
6. The Organization of Religion
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Stevan Harrell is professor emeritus of anthropology and environmental and forest sciences at the University of Washington. He is the author of Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China (University of Washington Press, 2001) and An Ecological History of Modern China (University of Washington Press, 2023); and editor of the University of Washington Press book series Studies on Ethnic Groups in China.