Social Change and the Family in Taiwan

by Hui-Sheng Lin and Arland Thornton

Until the 1940s, social life in Taiwan was generally organized through the family--marriages were arranged by parents, for example, and senior males held authority. In the following years, as Taiwan evolved rapidly from an agrarian to an industrialized society, individual decisions became less dependent on the family and more influenced by outside forces. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan provides an in-depth analysis of the complex changes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226798585
• ISBN13: 9780226798585
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"