House United, House Divided: The Chinese Family in Taiwan. SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY

New York: Columbia University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Myron L. Cohen is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Columbia University. His research concentrations included historical anthropology, family and kinship, and the State in society. HIs work is concentrated on East Asia, China, and Taiwan. His fieldwork in Taiwan and in villages in northern, eastern, and western mainland China has been concerned with uncovering commonalities and variation as among widely separated Han Chinese communities, especially with respect to family and community arrangements. He is a recipient of the Chinese Anthropology Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the Shanghai Society of Anthropology. [From the Columbia University website.] This work from 1976 examines the Chinese family model as seen in the village of Yen-liao in Taiwan. He particularly emphasizes the expansion of the traditional Chinese family into large or joint family groupings, and how this affects family economics and social organization. Presentation copy to Ernest Bueding, signed by author and dated Dec., 25, 1976. Octavo. Black cloth-covered boards with gilt title to spine. Cream dust jacket with title in black to front and spine panels. Sunning to jacket, and some bumping at edges of covers and jacket. Pages are clean and bright. 267 pages. CHINA13/4192.