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In 1939, residents of a rural village near Chengdu watched as Lei Mingyuan, a member of a violent secret society known as the Gowned Brothers, executed his teenage daughter. Six years later, Shen Baoyuan, a sociology student at Yenching University, arrived in the town to conduct fieldwork on the society that once held sway over local matters. She got to know Lei Mingyuan and his family, recording many rare insights about the murder and the Gowned Brothers' inner workings. Using the filicide as a starting point to examine the history, culture, and organization of the Gowned Brothers, Di Wang offers nuanced insights into the structures of local power in 1940s rural Sichuan. Moreover, he examines the influence of Western sociology and anthropology on the way intellectuals in the Republic of China perceived rural communities. By studying the complex relationship between the Gowned Brothers and the Chinese Communist Party, he offers a unique perspective on China's transition to socialism. In so doing, Wang persuasively connects a family in a rural community, with little overt influence on national destiny, to the movements and ideologies that helped shape contemporary China.

Brotherhoods --- Filicide --- Power (Social sciences) --- Secret societies --- Fraternities --- Hazing --- Rites and ceremonies --- Ritual --- Societies --- Sociology --- Initiations (into trades, societies, etc.) --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Homicide --- Brotherhood --- Church societies --- Men --- History --- Ge lao hui --- Ko lao hui --- Gelaohui --- 哥老會 --- 哥老会 --- Ge di hui --- 哥弟会 --- Society of Brothers and Elders --- Society of the Rivers and Lakes --- Jianghuhui --- Jiang hu hui --- 江湖会 --- Pao ge hui --- 袍哥会 --- Pao ge --- 袍哥 --- Paoge --- Sworn Brotherhood Society --- Sichuan Sheng (China) --- 四川省 (China) --- Ssu-chʻuan sheng (China) --- Sze-chʻuen (China) --- Sze-chuan (China) --- Sychuan (China) --- Shisen-shō, China --- Szechwan Province (China) --- Szetschwan (China) --- Szʻ-chuen (China) --- Szechwen (China) --- Ssuchuan (China) --- Süchwan (China) --- Szechwan, China --- Ssu-chʻuan sheng jen min cheng fu (China) --- Ssu-chʻuan (China) --- Sichuan Province (China) --- Sichuan (China) --- Four Rivers Province (China) --- Szechuen (China) --- Szechuan (China) --- Xikang Sheng (China) --- Rural conditions --- S03/0612 --- S11/0810 --- China: Geography, description and travel--Sichuan --- China: Social sciences--Secret societies, triads --- 四川 (China) --- Sri-khron Zhing (China) --- Sri-khron (China)

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"This is the first book-length history of history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century. The images brought together in this work paint a complete picture of everyday culture in the most basic unit of public life. This examination of the teahouse and public life from the perspective of microhistory explores urban society in depth and provides a new way to look at the Chinese city and its culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Tearooms --- Salons de thé --- History --- Histoire --- Chengdu (China) --- Chengdu (Chine) --- Social life and customs --- Politics and government --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Administration

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This book systematically introduces the powder bed laser melting technology and its application and summarizes the author's team's experience in scientific research, engineering development, and data accumulation in recent 15 years. It includes in-depth theoretical analysis and a lot of engineering experience in equipment debugging, process development, and material testing. The book takes the powder bed laser melting technology as the object and divides the content into 15 chapters. It is used as technical learning materials for researchers and engineering development personnel engaged in metal 3D printing.

Materials. --- Production engineering. --- Materials Engineering. --- Process Engineering.

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This book presents the work of the RILEM TC 279-WMR, whose purpose was to facilitate the use of waste, marginal and secondary materials for roads by investigating the performance of road materials containing waste through round robin tests and the development of standard procedures for their selection, preparation, and use. The structure of this book includes an introduction, five technical chapters, and a conclusion. The topics addressed are: the use of asphalt binder additives such as plastic and rubber; the combined use of aggregate and filler substitute in paving mixtures (construction demolition waste, rubber, and steel slags); the environmental assessment and the potential sources of pollutants originated from the use of this recycled materials.

Materials sciences --- Transport. Traffic --- Building materials. Building technology --- verkeer --- materialen (technologie) --- transport --- bouwmaterialen