Peking : a social survey / / conducted under the auspices of the Princeton University Center in China and the Peking Young Men's Christian Association ; Sidney D. Gamble, J.S. Burgess.

• Author: Gamble Burgess Staff; Gamble, Sidney D. 1890-1968.
• TeilnehmendeR: Burgess, John Stewart, b. 1883.; Princeton University Center in China.; Young Men's Christian Association (Beijing, China)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Brill eBook titles; Global oriental classic reprints ; no.9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (570 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.; Originally published: New York : George H. Doran Company, 1921.

This important social survey, first published in 192l, and illustrated with over fifty photographs and nearly forty maps and diagrams, contains invaluable data from questionnaires collected from a cross-section of the population of Peking between September 1918 and December 1919. The result is a comprehensive record of all aspects of life and conditions in the capital – from government, health and education, to commercial life, recreation, poverty and philanthropy. In the Foreword, we are reminded of the fact that ‘…the timeliness of this survey is significant. China is in the midst of a vast transition, and it is essential that the Orient, as far as possible, be saved from the costly mistakes made by the Occident.’ This landmark survey provides an invaluable point of reference vis-à-vis modern China in a period of unparalleled economic and industrial growth and social transformation.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction and Conclusions -- History -- Geography -- Government -- Population -- Health -- Education -- Commercial Life -- Recreation -- The Social Evil -- Poverty and Philanthropy -- Prisons -- Teng Shih K'ou District -- My Nearest Neighbors in Peking -- Church Survey -- Religious Work -- Peking Community Service Group -- Appendix I: Geography -- Appendix II: Government -- Appendix III: Population -- Appendix IV: Health -- Appendix V: Education -- Appendix VI: Commercial Life -- Appendix VII: Recreation -- Appendix VIII: The Social Evil -- Appendix IX: Poverty and Philanthropy -- Appendix X: Teng Shih K'ou District -- Appendix XI: Church Survey -- Appendix XII: Religious Work -- Appendix XIII: Questionnaires -- Index.