Gao Village Revisited The Life of Rural People in Contemporary China |
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| Author:
| Gao, Mobo C. F. |
| ISBN: | 978-988-237-109-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2019 |
| Publisher: | Chinese University of Hong Kong, The
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a close study of Gao village twenty years after the author, an anthropologist and native of Gao village, wrote his original ethnography
Gao Village. It combines ethnographic analysis, personal vignettes, and a number of fascinating stories, which presents a convincing yet complex picture of how Gao villagers interact with the outside world. With his sympathetic and insider's approach, the author argues that rural Chinese display great entrepreneurship and inner strength...
More DescriptionThis is a close study of Gao village twenty years after the author, an anthropologist and native of Gao village, wrote his original ethnography Gao Village. It combines ethnographic analysis, personal vignettes, and a number of fascinating stories, which presents a convincing yet complex picture of how Gao villagers interact with the outside world. With his sympathetic and insider's approach, the author argues that rural Chinese display great entrepreneurship and inner strength of self-improvement; they are active contributors to China's economic boom.