Zhou Xiaohong served as dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Nanjing University for 16 years; now he is a senior professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanjing University. His main research fields are sociological theory, social psychology and contemporary China studies.

• 1. Introduction: Cultural Reverse and New Patterns of Intergenerational Transmission 2. Intergenerational Relations and Their Transitions: A Historical Review 3. Revolution in the Depth of Soul 4. The Break of Behavioral Modes 5. Artifact Power Not to Be Neglected. References. Index List of figures. List of tables 1. Social Transition as the Impetus to Refurbish History 2. The Peer Group as Knowledge Reservoir and Extended Memory 3. The Media: Means of Living More than Sources of Information 4. What Have Been Ushered in by Cultural Reverse? 5. Conclusion: State, Society and Intergenerational Relations References. Index

Zhou Xiaohong served as dean of the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Nanjing University for 16 years; now he is a senior professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Nanjing University. His main research fields are sociological theory, social psychology and contemporary China studies.

• 1. Introduction: Cultural Reverse and New Patterns of Intergenerational Transmission 2. Intergenerational Relations and Their Transitions: A Historical Review 3. Revolution in the Depth of Soul 4. The Break of Behavioral Modes 5. Artifact Power Not to Be Neglected. References. Index List of figures. List of tables 1. Social Transition as the Impetus to Refurbish History 2. The Peer Group as Knowledge Reservoir and Extended Memory 3. The Media: Means of Living More than Sources of Information 4. What Have Been Ushered in by Cultural Reverse? 5. Conclusion: State, Society and Intergenerational Relations References. Index