The transition study of postsocialist China: an ethnographic study of a model community
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Main Author: Ho, Wing-Chung (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore World Scientific Pub. ©2010
Series:Series on contemporary China v. 25
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index
There is no denying that China has experienced, and is still experiencing, radical changes, generally initiated by the vibrant market-driven economy that began in the late 1970s. The question remains, however, of what has happened to those who, just a few decades before, experienced pride and power in being part of the proletariat. How do they make sense of the past and face up to the uncertainties of the future? This book presents an anthropological investigation into their lives and memories in order to understand their situation. Presently a working-class neighborhood in Shanghai, Cucumber
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 265 pages)
ISBN:9789814307628
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9814307629
9814307637

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