...R. C. Rudolph Archaeological Studies in Szechwan . By Cheng Te-k'un . New York : Cambridge University Press , 1957 . xx , 320 . Tables, Maps, Illustrations, Bibliography, Index. $13.50. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1957 1957 116 THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES...

... HODOUS Hartford Seminary Foundation An agricultural survey of Szechwan province, China. BY J. LOSSING BUCK. Chungking: The Farmer's Bank of China. Distributed in the United States by the Institute of Pacific Relations, 1943. v, 63 p. (mimeographed) . This study by J. Lossing Buck is a summary...

..., Gabriel de Magalhaens and Louis Buglio, were engaged in missionary work in Szechwan at the time of Chang's invasion, and they subsequently came into close contact with him. Father de Magalhaens wrote an account of their experiences, which has now apparently been lost. However, Dunin Spot made use...

...Lloyd E. Eastman Szechwan and the Chinese Republic: Provincial Militarism and Central Power, 1911–1938 . By Robert A. Kapp . New Haven : Yale University Press , 1973 . 198 pp. $10.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1974 1974 696 field have not yet given our...

... control and stood aloof from central government politics from the end of the Northern Expedition until 1935. However, a combination of communist military pressure and provincial economic collapse finally induced Szechwan's leading militarist to seek Nanking's help. From early 1935, the National Government...

... early in May. Cunningham Alfred , A History of the Szechwan Riots, May-June, 1895 ( Shanghai , 1895 ) ; Jernigan to Uhl, July 20 and 27, 1895, Despatches From United States Consuls in Shanghai, 1847–1906, National Archives; hereafter: Shanghai Despatches; Hosea B. Morse, The International...

... territory. Chin-t'ang hsien , Szechwan, had four rural markets at the beginning of the K'ang-hsi reign in 1662; by 1875 the number had increased to thirteen and by 1921 to thirty-two. Rural markets in Yen-shan hsien , Hopei, rose from twenty-three in 1868 to thirty-seven in 1916. By what principles...

...Kuo Mo-Jo; Josiah W. Bennett Abstract Kuo Mo-Jo was born about 1893 in Chia-ting (now Lo-shan), Szechwan. After graduating from high school in Chia-ting and studying for half a year in a college in Ch'eng-tu, he went to Japan to study medicine. While there he married a Japanese nurse. His main...

... of Kweichow, Kwangsi and Kwangtung never excited as much interest in either France or Britain as did Yunnan and Szechwan. They were always considered as part of the market of southwestern China and both the French and the British sought to tap whatever trade they offered, but they were never eulogized as were...

... in Kweichow and parts of Szechwan was very nearly as small as the average size of standard marketing systems (hereafter SMS), and 4) that the average size of communes in the rest of China appeared to be larger than the average for SMSs but smaller than the average for IMSs. I concluded, therefore...

... of the province. For example, it stands to reason that a large province, such as Szechwan, should by mere virtue of its size have more floods and droughts than a smaller province, such as Chekiang. Therefore, the provincial frequencies must be brought into proper perspective by taking account of these differences...

... Tsung-t'ung's book is made available to a larger audience through translation, since it is a much better introduction to the problems of Chinese historiography than any other reference now available to the West. HOWARD S. LEVY FSI Training Center, Taichung, Taiwan Archaeological Studies in Szechwan...

... of the earliest extant printed texts in the world, and an overview of printing developments up to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. One of the fascinating items raised by Twitchett's work is Szechwan's importance in medieval printing. The earliest extant Chinese print was discovered in Szechwan in 1944...

... in central and southeastern China, the first links between printing and Buddhism, identification of the earliest extant printed texts in the world, and an overview of printing developments up to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. One of the fascinating items raised by Twitchett's work is Szechwan's...

... ), 153 – 204 . Tokuichirō Kuramochi , “ Shisen no jōshi [“The Local Markets of Szechwan”] , Nihon Daigaku Shigakkai kenkyū ihō , I (Dec. 1957 ), 2 – 32 . Tsuneo Masui , “ Kanton no kyoshi” [“The Local Markets of Kwangtung”] , Tōa ronsō , IV (May 1941 ), 263 – 283...

..., the current Prime Minister Chao Tzu-yang, at that time First Secretary of the CCP Provincial Party Committee in Szechwan, began to pioneer structural reforms in the communes of his province immediately after the Third Plenum. In January 1979 in two major policy speeches to rural cadres, he stated...

... the source and inspiration of all constructive movements in personal life history. LEWIS HODOUS Hartford Seminary Foundation An agricultural survey of Szechwan province, China. BY J. LOSSING BUCK. Chungking: The Farmer's Bank of China. Distributed in the United States by the Institute of Pacific Relations...

...) differ from those of the map. The Hsiang-O-hsi (West Hunan-Hupei) Soviet Area is depicted as wholly within Szechwan, quite a distance from the borders of Hunan and Hupei; the Min-Che-Kan (Fukien-Chekiang-Kiangsi) Soviet Area is shown as containing no part of, nor even adjacent to, Fukien. The data...

...) were to be included in pao-chia In Kansu, indigenous people under the administration of local officials received door placards. In Szechwan, indigenous peoples in integrated areas were taught proper ways by the hsiang-yiieh (village-headman responsible for order) and their activities were investigated...

... to challenge T'ang overlordship, entered into an alliance with Tibet, and successfully invaded Szechwan, exploiting the T'ang military weakness there and routing its forces. At the same time, Tibet took over most of the T'ang possessions in Central Asia. The tide was turned, however, in 779, when T'ang forces...