Chenghao An, Zu Qun She Hui Fa Zhan Yu Bian Qian : Chao Xian Zu She Hui Diao Cha Yan Jiu 族群社会发展与变迁 : 朝鲜族社会调查研究 [Ethnic group social development and transformation : A perspective on Chinese Korean social survey research]

CheNghao AN'S Ethnic Group Social Development and Transformation is an impressive account of how Korean Chinese rural society in Heilongjiang province, Northeast China, has changed in the last one hundred years, and an elaborate analysis of the reasons behind such a historical and social transformation.As a member of the Korean Chinese community, An was born and brought up in a typical ethnic village and has dedicated himself to studying the development of ethnic groups.He offers profound insights into the Korean Chinese ethnic group through growing up in China, overseas study in Japan, and consecutive family visits to North Korea.This volume touches upon a topic that has broad appeal in academia, and is a socio-historical study of Korean Chinese rural society over the past century.Based on a combination of ethnographic fieldwork and analyses of a wide range of historical materials, An explores the formation and development of Korean Chinese villages in China and the corresponding changes in the context of urbanization.