For readers and researchers interested in Chinese anthropology and sociology; Fei Hsiao-tung's doctorial dissertation at the London School of Economics with a preface by B. Malinowski; A monograph which epitomizes the transformation of Chinese traditional culture under the Western pressure, describing at first hand and with intimate understanding the full story of life in a Chinese village community in the 1930s.

适合对中国人类学与社会学感兴趣的读者及研究人员；费孝通于伦敦经济学院的博士论文，布•马林诺夫斯基作序；一部展现中国传统文化在遭受西方压力下的社会变革缩影图，一部基于第一手资料写成的关于20世纪30年代中国乡村生活的专著。