Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China
Joy Tong
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Description for Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China
Hardcover. Series: Key Issues in Modern Sociology. Num Pages: 180 pages, 6+ tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JHB; KJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Inspired by Max Weber’s thesis on the Protestant ethic, ‘Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China’ sets out to understand the role and influence of Christianity on Overseas Chinese businesspeople working in contemporary China. Through its in-depth interviews and participant observations (involving 60 Overseas Chinese entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and the United States), the text discusses how Christianity has come to fulfill an increasingly visible and dynamic function in the country, most notably as a new source of business morality.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Series
Key Issues in Modern Sociology
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857283535
SKU
V9780857283535
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99-15
About Joy Tong
Joy Kooi-Chin Tong is Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies at Indiana Wesleyan University, and was previously a postdoctoral research associate at the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University, USA.
Reviews for Overseas Chinese Christian Entrepreneurs in Modern China
“The book’s tightly interwoven threads of theory and empirical scrutiny combine to produce a readable and stimulating work […] At the outset, the theoretical orientation of the book is established in a discussion of the complex debate about the relationship between religion and economics and a framing of the study in explicitly Weberian terms […the book] connects constantly with issues ... Read more