... (paper). This gracefully written ethnography of social life in a Chinese city will make an excellent choice for a text in courses on Chinese social organization. DeGlopper's subject is the fabled city of Lukang, whose reputation for a traditional sort of "Taiwanese-ness" is widespread in Taiwan...

... organization. DeGlopper's subject is the fabled city of Lukang, whose reputation for a traditional sort of "Taiwanese-ness" is widespread in Taiwan, and, as DeGlopper shows, is part of a romantic self-image held by the residents as well. DeGlopper's ten chapters explore many aspects of the history and social...

...Donald R. DeGlopper Unities and Diversities in Chinese Religion . By Robert P. Weller . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 1987 . x, 215 pp. $22.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1988 1988 BOOK REVIEWS CHINA AND INNER ASIA 629 For a book...

...He Li BOOK REVIEWS CHINA AND INNER ASIA 469 DeGlopper contrasts two associational types, formal organizations based on or reason and dyadic networks based on ties of ch'ing or sentiment (p. 36). In the later chapters, DeGlopper analyzes the conflicts that arise as the result of the difficulty...

...) and an anthropologist (Donald R. Deglopper) contributed to the volume, and this variety of academic disciplines is reflected in the articles, which cover aspects of Taiwan's history from the seventeenth century to the recent past. Some essays deal with Taiwan as a whole, others focus on places such as Taoyuan, Ilan...

... not always been so polite. In addition to the three general essays, the book includes case studies on "Religion and Ritual in Lukang" by Donald R. DeGlopper; "Religious Organization in the History of a Chinese Town" by Wang Shih-ch'ing; "Village Alliance Temples in Hong Kong" by John A. Brim; "Domestic...

... of significant issues in the study of Chinese religion and religion in general. Anyone interested in Chinese religion or modern Taiwanese society should read it. DONALD R. DEGLOPPER Library of Congress Class in China: Stratification in a Classless Society. By LARRY M. W O R T Z E L . New York: Greenwood Press...

... to geographers, two historians (Cho-yun Hsu and Wen-hsiung Hsu) and an anthropologist (Donald R. Deglopper) contributed to the volume, and this variety of academic disciplines is reflected in the articles, which cover aspects of Taiwan's history from the seventeenth century to the recent past. Some essays deal...

... and Autocracy: Professional Elites in the Founding of the Ming Dynasty . Berkeley : University of California Press . Davenport William . 1959 . “ Nonunilinear Descent and Descent Groups .” American Anthropologist 61 : 557 –72. DeGlopper Donald R. 1971 . “Temple, Faction and Loan Club...

... "persuades its clien- 2In the north of the island, Ahern 1973:62-64, Wang Shih-ch'ing 1974:77-78, and Sangren 1987:84-86, 99-100; in central Taiwan, B. Gallin 1966:251-52, DeGlopper 1974:47-48, and Ch'en 1984:147-50; and in the south, Diamond 1969:86-89, Jordan 1972:45-49, and Pasternak 1972:111-13. RITUAL...

... and Ritual in Lukang" by Donald R. DeGlopper; "Religious Organization in the History of a Chinese Town" by Wang Shih-ch'ing; "Village Alliance Temples in Hong Kong" by John A. Brim; "Domestic and Communal Worship in Taiwan" by Stephan Feuchtwang; "Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors" by Arthur P. Wolf; "Taiwanese...

... distinctions. Wolf and a majority of the other authors, with less than total success, attempt to develop theories that will allow them to predict the form ritual will take under given local conditions. Community ritual has been especially refractory DeGlopper describes the difficulties well but a strong model...

.... DEGLOPPER] WIDMER, The Margins of Utopia: Shui-hu hou-chan and the Literature of Ming Loyalism [ROBERT E. HEGEL] WIXTED, Poems on Poetry: Literary Criticism by Yuan Hao-wen (1190-1257) [MICHAEL A. FULLER] WONG ( e d . ) , Sun Yatsen: His International Ideas and International Connections [LEONARD H. D...

... in the Traditional City." Part 3, The City as a Social System, goes further to explore the social and class consequences of urbanization with essays by Peter J. Golas on "Early Ch'ing Guilds," Stephan Feuchtwang on "School Temple and City God," Sybille Van Der Sprenkel on "Urban Social Control," Donald DeGlopper...

... Spaces in Contemporary China: The Potential for Autonomy and Community in Post-Mao China [RONALD G. KNAPP] DEGLOPPER, Lukang: Commerce and Community in a Chinese City (JOHN R. S H E P H E R D ] DEMARCHI and SCARTEZZINI (eds Martina Martini, A Humanist and Scientist in Seventeenth-Century China [HAUN...

...-shih; the sinological writings of some Western scholars, ranging from Etienne Balazs and Wm. Theodore de Bary to Donald R. DeGlopper; theoretical writings from the Weberian school, such as those of Max Weber, Talcott Parsons, and S. N. Eisenstadt; an impressive variety of other social science writings...