Chinese Customs Bibliography
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The following sources are provided by the WSU Libraries and are meant to be a starting point for those researching Chinese Customs.
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General Chinese Customs
Books
- Encyclopedia of contemporary Chinese culture, 2005. Full record and location information
- The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. Asia and Oceania, 2003. Full record and location information
- Encyclopedia of modern ethnic conflicts, 2003. Full record and location information
- Encyclopedia of modern Asia, 2002. Full record and location information
E-Books
- Beyond the neon lights : everyday Shanghai in the early twentieth century, 1999 E-book link via NetLibrary
- Two years in the Forbidden City, 1997. E-book link via NetLibrary
Terms to search
China and customs, Chinese customs, China and lifestyle, Chinese culture
Marriage and Family in China
Books
- Cross-border marriages : gender and mobility in transnational Asia, 2005. Full record and location information
- Marriage, gender, and sex in a contemporary Chinese village, 2004. Full record and location information
- (Un)tying the knot : ideal and reality in Asian marriage, 2004. Full record and location information
- Children of the cultural revolution : family life and political behavior in Mao's China, 2000. Full record and location information
- Kinship, contract, community, and state : anthropological perspectives on China, 2005. Full record and location information
- Velvet bonds : the Chinese family, 1999. Full record and location information
Databases
- Ethnic NewsWatch
Provided to you by the WSU Libraries, Ethnic NewsWatch has articles from journals, magazines and newspapers from ethnic, minority and native presses. Full-text. - Human Rights Watch
- Sage Family Studies Abstracts
Provided to you by the WSU Libraries, Sage Family Studies Abstracts provides citations to articles about families, traditions, lifestyles, alternative lifestyles and counseling. Click on the "Find it at WSU" button within the citations to locate the article in electronic or paper format. - Sociological Abstracts
Provided to you by the WSU Libraries, Sociological Abstracts has citations to articles on all aspects of sociology and the social sciences. Click on the "Find it at WSU" button within the citations to locate the article in electronic or paper format.
Multimedia Resources
- China : beyond the clouds, 1994 (videorecoding)
Griffin and database keyword searches
- China and family
- China and tradition
- China and marriage and family
China's One-Child Policy
Books
- Only hope : coming of age under China's one-child policy, 2004. Full record and location information
- Birth control in China, 1949-2000 : population policy and demographic development, 2003. Full record and location information
- China's population : problems, thoughts and policies, 1999. Full record and location information
Government Documents
- China : human rights violations and coercion in one-child policy enforcement : hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, December 14, 2004 Available electronically
- Coercive population control in China : new evidence of forced abortion and forced sterilization : hearing before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, October 17, 2001. Available electronically
Multimedia
- China's only child, 1984. (Vidoerecording) Holland and Terrell Library VHS 11269
Child Labor and Human Rights Issues
Books
- Chinese society : change, conflict, and resistance, 2000. Full record and location information
- Human rights : opposing viewpoints, 1998. full record and location information
- Children of other worlds : exploitation in the global market, 2001. Full record and location information
Government Documents
- International child labor problems, 1990. WSU Holland USDoc L 29.16:C 43/2.
- "Faces of change highlights of U.S. Department of Labor efforts to combat international child labor." Washington, D.C. : Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Dept. of Labor, : 2003.
Endangered Species & Traditional Medicine
Some people say that endangered species don't need to be used in traditional folk medicine, but that other things can be substituted. Is this a possible solution to the problem? Look in ProQuest for information on this.
Need some good "worm-expelling" remedies? Check out some of the ebooks on Chinese herbal medicine in Netlibrary to get a better idea of what kinds of ingredients are used!
For information specific to the pangolin, take a look at The Tiger and the Pangolin : Nature, Culture, and Conservation in China. Honolulu University of Hawaii Press, 2003, also in NetLibrary.