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Town and Country in China
Faure, David; Liu, Tao Tao
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Paperback. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJF; JFC; JHB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
The transformation in Chinese social theory in the twentieth century placed the rural-urban divide at the centre of individual identity. In 1500, such distinctions were insignificant and it was the emergence of political reforms in the early 1920s and 1930s which separated cities and towns as agents of social change and encouraged a perception of rural backwardness. This interdisciplinary collection traces the development and distinctions between urban and rural life and the effect on the Chinese sense of identity from the sixteenth century to the present day. It provides a daunting example of the influence that political ideology may exert ... Read more
The transformation in Chinese social theory in the twentieth century placed the rural-urban divide at the centre of individual identity. In 1500, such distinctions were insignificant and it was the emergence of political reforms in the early 1920s and 1930s which separated cities and towns as agents of social change and encouraged a perception of rural backwardness. This interdisciplinary collection traces the development and distinctions between urban and rural life and the effect on the Chinese sense of identity from the sixteenth century to the present day. It provides a daunting example of the influence that political ideology may exert ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
Series
St Antony's
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349662982
SKU
V9781349662982
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Ref
99-15
About Faure, David; Liu, Tao Tao
DARIA BERG Lecturer in Chinese Literature, University of Durham HENRIETTA HARRISON Lecturer in History, University of Leeds ELISABETH KÖLL Assistant Professor, Department of History, Case Western Reserve University HANCHAO LU Associate Professor, School of History, Technology and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology MA MIN Professor of History, Central China Normal University HELEN F. SIU Professor in Anthropology, Yale University ZHAO ... Read more
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