1991 No. 1 CONTENTS - Institute of Social and Cultural ...

J ASO is pleased to announce the publication of the
latest volume in its Occasional Papers series.
JASO OCCASIONAL PAPERS NO. 8
AN OLD STATE IN NEW SETTINGS: Studies in the Social
Anthropology or China in Memory or Maurice Freedman
Edited by Hugh D. R. Baker and Stephan Feuchtwang
This collection brings together anthropological and historical studies of Chinese society
specially written in memory of Maurice Freedman. The papers presented here are by
former students, colleagues, and members of the seminar on China which he organised
at All Souls College, Oxford, in the last two years of his life. The studies take up the
principal themes of Freedman's work: marriage, family and lineage, and Chinese
religion. As well as adding to the ethnography of Chinese society, they develop
anthropological issues which he articulated on such matters as the territorial politics of
lineage organisation, ethnicity, kinship in urban and colonial situations, and the nature
of religion. Framing them are the address delivered by Raymond Firth at the memorial
service for Freedman, and an obituary and bibliography of his works written and
compiled by G. William Skinner.
Hugh D. R. Baker is Professor of Chinese at the School of Ori.ental and African
Studies, University of London. Stephan Feuchtwang heads the China Research Unit
in the Department of Social Studies at City University, London.
Contributors:
Garan Aijmer, Hugh D. R. Baker, Mark Elvin, Stephan Feuchtwang, Raymond Firth,
James W. Hayes, Christine Inglis, Diana Martin, Michael Palmer, G. William Skinner,
Soo Ming-wo, and James L. Watson.
xiv, 279 pp., Index. Price £14.95 ($30.00) paperback, £25.95 ($50.00) hardback,
inclusive of postage and packing.
ISBN 1-870047-35-4 (paper)
1-870047-40-0 (cloth)
A 20% discount is available to JASO subscribers if payment is made with the order.