Fieldwork Methods in Asian Studies: China

Selected reading lists:

Books

• Jan Van Bremen, Eyal Ben-Ari, Syed Farid Alatas (eds) (2006)
Asian Anthropology
Routledge

• Maria Heimer, Stig Thogersen (eds) (2006)
Doing Fieldwork in China.
University of Hawai'i Press.

• James C. Mulvenon, Andrew N. D. Yang (2001)
Seeking Truth from Facts – A Retrospective on Chinese Military Studies in the post-Mao Era. RAND
Available in Ebrary

• Ye Wa, Joseph Esherick (1996)
Chinese Archives – An Introductory Guide.
University of California.

• Xin Chunying, Ding Ke (2003)
Doing Legal Research in Asian Countries. China, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam , IDE Asian Law Series No. 23

Articles on Chinese archives and primary sources:

• Jennifer E. Altehenger (2011)
A review of Hangzhou Municipal Archives

• Archives on the History of Christianity in China, Hong Kong Baptist University Library

• Beatrice S. Bartlett (1991):
The Number Three Archives of China: The Liaoning Provincial
Archives.
China Exchange News, 3&4.

• Ghosh, Arunabh (2011)
A Review of Beijing Municipal Archives
Fresh from the Archives

• Hermann-Pillath Carsten, Daniel Kirchert, Pan Jiancheng (2002):
Prefecture-level statistics as a source of data for research into China's regional development.
The China Quarterly, 172.

• Ryan Dunch (1994):
Archival sources for Fujian History. Notes on a year in Fuzhou.
China Exchange News, 3.

• Mark Elliot (1991):
Research in the Number One Archives. [Beijing].
China Exchange News, 3&4.

• Michael Gibbs Hill (2012)
A review of the Shanghai Library Modern Documents Reading Room

• Ping Jia (2010)
The development of document supply services in China
Interlending & Document Supply, 38/3

• Kern, M. K. (2008):
From accidental technologist to accidental traveler, or what I learned from a month in Shanghai.
Reference & User Services Quarterly, 48 (2)

• Elisabeth LaCouture (2011):
Tianjin Municipal Archives.
Dissertation Reviews.

• James Millward (1992):
The Gansu provincial library: A key resource for Xibei studies.
China Exchange News, 3&4.

• William Moss (1996):
Dang'an: Contemporary Chinese archives.
The China Quarterly, 145.

• David Shambaugh (1994):
Appendix: A bibliographical essay on new sources for the study of
China's foreign relations and national security,
in Thomas W. Robinson and David Shambaugh (eds):
Chinese Foreign Policy. Theory and Practice.
Clarendon Press.

• Amanda Shuman (2012)
Foreign Ministry Archives of the PRC
Dissertation Reviews.

• Stig Thøgersen, Soren Clausen (1992):
New reflections in the mirror: Local Chinese gazetteers
(difangzhi) in the 1980s'.
The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, 1.

• Xing Long, Ma Weiqiang (2008)
Rural Grassroots Files From the Collectivization Era. Archives of the Chinese Social History Research Center of Shanxi University
Modern China, 3 July 2008

• Huai Yan, Suisheng Zhao (1993):
A Note on China's Confidential Documents.
The Journal of Contemporary China, 4.

• We-hsin, Yeh (1991):
The Shanghai Municipal Archives.
China Exchange News, 3&4.

Articles on fieldwork and surveys

• Roy Abhik, Peter G.P. Ealters, Sheriff T.K. Luk (2001).
Chinese puzzles and paradoxes. Conducting business research in China.
Journal of Business Research, 52.

• Yanjie Bian (2002/2003).
Sociological Research on reform-era China.
Issues and Studies, vol 38/4, vol39/1

• Blum, Susan D. (2000)
Tales from the Fields of Yunnan : Listening to Han Stories
Modern China , vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 148-165

• Cynthia J. Brokaw (2001).
Fieldwork on the social and economic history of Chinese print
culture: a survey of sources.
East Asian Library Journal, 2.

• Gail Henderson (1993).
Survival guide to survey research in China.
China Exchange News, 1.

• Melinda Herrold (1999).
The cranes of Caohai and other incidents of fieldwork in Southwestern
China.
Geographical Review, 3.

• Shuping Huang (2001).
Sinicizing Anthropology. Theory, Practice, and Human Talent.
Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, 4.

• Tamara Jacka, Josko Petkovic (1998).
Ethnography and video: researching women in China's
floating population.
Intersections, September.

• Jaschok, Maria and Jinjun S. (2000)
Outsider within': Speaking to excursions across cultures
Feminist Theory , vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 33-58.

• Kuhn Eng Kuah (1998).
Doing anthropology within a transnational framework. A study of the
Singapore Chinese and emigrant village ties,
in: Sidney C.H. Cheung (ed):On the South China Track. Perspectives on Anthropological Research and Teaching.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• MaryJo Benton Lee (2003).
Planning for Success: How to Prepare for Fieldwork Abroad,
The Great Plains Sociologist, 1. (based on experiences from Yunnan, China)

• Yin Lu (2012)
Doing oral history in the PRC.
Dissertation Reviews.

• Melanie Manion (1994).
Survey research in the study of contemporary China: learning from
local samples.
The China Quarterly, 139.

• Frank Pieke (1996).
Serendipity: Reflections on fieldwork in China,
in: Paul Dresch, Wendy James and David Parkin (eds):
Anthropologists in a Wider World.
Berghahn Books.

• Schwartz, Jonathan (2001)
Conducting Research in China : Impediments and Some Options, research note, Issues & Studies , vol. 37, no.6, pp.107-127.
Subject: Discussion on structural and practical impediments to gathering qualitative and quantitative data in China .

• Tsang, Eric W.K. (1998)
Inside Story: Mind Your Identity When Conducting Cross-National Research, Organization Studies , vol. 19, no.3, pp. 511-515.

• Tang Wenfang (2002/2003).
An introduction to survey research in urban China.
Issues and Studies, vol 38/4, vol39/1.

• Vallaster, Christine (2000)
Conducting Field Research in Asia: Fundamental Differences as Compared to Western Societies
Culture and Psychology , vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 461-476.

Other

• Doing Fieldwork in China - Bibliography (2006)
By Anja Møller Rasmussen , Inga-Lill Blomkvist and Mads Kjeldsen