Article: Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China.(Reviews)(Book Review)

Article: Michael Szonyi. Practicing Kinship: Lineage and ...
China Review International;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... shown that in different parts of China, descent group organization began at different times and took varied forms. (2) Michael Szonyi's gracefully written book, Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial China, both adds to and challenges ...

Article: Guo, Qitao: Ritual Opera and Mercantile Lineage: The Confucian ...
History: Review of New Books;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... and Society in Late Imperial China (Stanford, 2000), Michael Szonyi's Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late Imperial ... Confucianization" of the mercantile lineages involved setting up ancestral halls and encouraging lineage members to turn from greed and to ...

Article: Szonyi, Michael Practicing Kinship: Lineage and Descent in Late ...
History: Review of New Books;  September 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... during the late imperial period, Michael Szonyi questions the idea of kinship as ... hall construction" (92). Early ancestral halls were built by scholarly elite and ... occurred during the Ming and Qing as ancestral halls became increasingly inclusive of larger ...

Article: The making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of ...
International Journal;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... on foreign policy will probably be the most novel and intriguing. The book as a whole will be required reading for specialists in the fields of contemporary China and international relations in Asia. Michael Szonyi/University of Toronto

Article: China's techno-warriors: national security and strategic ...
International Journal;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... controls for military and dual-use technology--that it deserves close reading by anyone interested in the fields of Chinese security policy and decision-making. Michael Szonyi/Huron University College, University of Western Ontario

Article: East Asia at the centre: four thousand years of engagement with ...
International Journal;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... suggests the long-term centrality of East Asia to global economics and politics. But the author's ambition, even if not entirely realized, and the results of his efforts are both to be applauded. Michael Szonyi/University of Toronto

Article: [China's leaders: the new generation]
International Journal;  July 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... it; it might just as well be something about his past that we don't have access to. This caveat aside, this is an important book that ought to be read by anyone interested in contemporary China. Michael Szonyi/University of Toronto