Ten Miles and Eight Villages: a Study of Modern Shanxi Rural Social Geography
by Han Maoli
About This Novel
This book is a research monograph on Shanxi's rural social geography in the past three hundred years. Starting from the perspective of geography, the author comprehensively uses historical and sociological methods, combined with the personal experience of fieldwork, to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth investigation of a series of issues such as the composition of Shanxi rural farmers and agricultural production space, grassroots management and spatial order, the spatial scope of marriage circles, commercial activities and villagers' travel distance, the spatial expression of rural sacrifices, water conservancy management and social organization, thus presenting the basic aspects of modern Shanxi rural social geography and the historical trajectory of villagers' life development. The author puts forward a core conclusion: "Ten Miles and Eight Villages" is the inter-village communication space that is related to each other in modern Shanxi villages, and the general scope of villagers' cognition and geographical space of knowledge. It is further believed that the scope of social interaction formed through market transactions laid the foundation for various other social activities such as marriage and sacrifice.
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