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Shuang Chen - State-Sponsored Inequality - 9780804799034 - V9780804799034
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State-Sponsored Inequality

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Description for State-Sponsored Inequality Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JFSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .

This book explores the social economic processes of inequality in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century rural China. Drawing on uniquely rich source materials, Shuang Chen provides a comprehensive view of the creation of a social hierarchy wherein the state classified immigrants to the Chinese county of Shuangcheng into distinct categories, each associated with different land entitlements. The resulting patterns of wealth stratification and social hierarchy were then simultaneously challenged and reinforced by local people.

The tensions built into the unequal land entitlements shaped the identities of immigrant groups, and this social hierarchy persisted even after the institution of unequal state entitlements ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804799034
SKU
V9780804799034
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Shuang Chen
Shuang Chen is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Iowa.

Reviews for State-Sponsored Inequality
"Shuang Chen's study of landownership in north China is a welcome addition to the growing body of literature on social inequality, and part of a 'big data' revolution in social history. Anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, and historians will find much of interest in this book."
James L. Watson
Harvard University
"Shuang Chen uses rich demographic data to ... Read more

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