In one's own shadow : an ethnographic account of the condition of post-reform rural China

In one's own shadow : an ethnographic account of the condition of post-reform rural China / Xin Liu.

China underwent a dramatic social transformation in the last decade of the twentieth century. This ethnographic study of one community focuses on the logic of everyday practice in post-reform rural China. It analyzes the changes and continuities marking the recent history of northwestern China and h...

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Main Author: Liu, Xin, 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Subjects:
Rural development > China > Shaanxi Sheng.
Social change > China > Shaanxi Sheng.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Manners and customs
Rural conditions
Rural development
Social change
Vernieuwing.
Sociale verandering.
Agrarische maatschappij.
Etnografie.
Shaanxi Sheng (China) > Rural conditions.
Shaanxi Sheng (China) > Social life and customs.
China > Shaanxi Sheng
Shaanxi (provincie)
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Summary:China underwent a dramatic social transformation in the last decade of the twentieth century. This ethnographic study of one community focuses on the logic of everyday practice in post-reform rural China. It analyzes the changes and continuities marking the recent history of northwestern China and highlights the broader implications for the way we understand Chinese modernity.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index.
ISBN:9780520923478
0520923472
0585390150
9780585390154
0520219937
9780520219939
0520219945
9780520219946
159734673X
9781597346733
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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