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Work Journals of Zhou Shengkang, 1961-1982 (2 vols.)
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This book presents a complete set of the daily work journals by a village cadre, Mr. Zhou Shengkang (1926-2012), from 1961 to 1982. Mr. Zhou carefully—and almost religiously—recorded all the meetings he attended or chaired, the information he received from his superiors, the various speeches and work tasks he completed, records of good and bad behavior by fellow villagers, details on village elections and leadership changes, and political campaigns and other important events in the community, plus his personal observations and reflections on these events.
To date such a systematic, rich, and detailed set of original work journal records have never appeared in published form or been made available to the public. When used as records of social history, Zhou’s work journals allow researchers to delve more deeply, and when used for comparative purposes, researchers can explore more widely to gain additional insights. Regardless of how the journals are used, they contain a gold mine of information waiting to be explored and uncovered.
To date such a systematic, rich, and detailed set of original work journal records have never appeared in published form or been made available to the public. When used as records of social history, Zhou’s work journals allow researchers to delve more deeply, and when used for comparative purposes, researchers can explore more widely to gain additional insights. Regardless of how the journals are used, they contain a gold mine of information waiting to be explored and uncovered.
Zhang Letian is Professor of Sociology and the founding director of the Center for Data and Research on Contemporary Social Life, the Development Institute at Fudan University. He is one of the pioneer Chinese scholars researching rural social life during the collectivization period and best known for his monograph on the rise and fall of the People’s Commune system.
Xi Fuqun, Ph.D. (Fudan University) is Professor of Sociology at Soochow University. His research focuses on politics and social life in contemporary China.
Yunxiang Yan, Ph.D. (1993, Harvard), is Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles. He has published three monographs, respectively, on gift-giving and social networks, transformation of private life, and individualization of society in China.
Xi Fuqun, Ph.D. (Fudan University) is Professor of Sociology at Soochow University. His research focuses on politics and social life in contemporary China.
Yunxiang Yan, Ph.D. (1993, Harvard), is Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles. He has published three monographs, respectively, on gift-giving and social networks, transformation of private life, and individualization of society in China.
Introduction to the Work Journals of Zhou Shengkang
Volume One
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
Volume Two
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980 1981 1982
Volume One
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
Volume Two
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980 1981 1982
Important for library collection and all individuals who are interested in social life in rural China under collectivization and the actual operational practices of the collective system.