The transition study of postsocialist China : an ethnographic study of a model community / Wing-Chung Ho.

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...

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Main Author: Ho, Wing-Chung
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub., ©2010.
Series:Series on contemporary China ; v. 25.
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Summary: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 resource (xv, 265 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index.
ISBN:9789814307635
9814307637
ISSN:1793-0847 ;
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized