The Collected Works on Ethnology by Ma Changshou

Author: Ma Changshou/Zhou Weizhou (editors)
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Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: Ma Changshou was a renowned Chinese ethnologist, sociologist, and historian. In his early years, he introduced advanced scientific methods from Western modern and contemporary sociology, anthropology, linguistics, and archaeology. He conducted in-depth ethnic surveys in southwestern minority regions and published foundational works in ethnology and anthropology. After the 1950s, he integrated the fine traditions of Chinese historiography with the essence of modern Western social sciences within the field of Chinese ethnology, developing a unique and self-contained academic school. In the fields of Xiongnu studies, Xianbei studies, Turkic studies, Tibetan studies, and others, which have now become world-renowned "established disciplines," he conducted pioneering research and achieved the highest accomplishments possible at the time. Scholars working in these areas must refer to the series of works he published. This Collected Works is the most systematic representation of Professor Ma's academic thought to date.