清代民族边缘地区宗族组织的形成与乡村社会转型——以鄂西南土家族为中心的考察

The Formation of the Clans and the Transformation of the Society in Marginal Minority Region at Qing Dynasty——A Central Study of Tujia Ethnic Group in South-west Hubei Province

以鄂西南土家族社区为例考察民族边缘地区的宗族组织,清代中后期,宗族组织在土著大族的基础上正式形成,并呈现出与汉族社会趋同的特征,在乡村社会中发挥着基层控制的作用,体现了民族边缘地区乡村社会转型的进程。

This thesis studied the clans in marginal minority region of Tujia ethnic group in South - west Hubei province. From the middle term of the Qing Dynasty, the local clans had formed on the basis of the aboriginal big families and displayed the same characteristics of Han people. From the control of the local clans over the basic society, we can discover the process of the transformation in rural society in marginal minority region.