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UNINA9910465108403321 |
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Titolo |
Restless China [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Perry Link, Richard P. Madsen, and Paul G. Pickowicz |
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Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-31857-6 |
1-4422-1512-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (279 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LinkE. Perry <1944-> (Eugene Perry) |
MadsenRichard <1941-> |
PickowiczPaul |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vallues - China |
Electronic books. |
China Civilization 21st century |
China Social conditions 21st century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Acknowledgments; Restless China; Legacies; When Things Go Wrong; "The Only Reliability Is That These Guys Aren't Reliable!"; Political Humor in Postsocialist China; A New Electronic Community; From Grass-Mud Equestrians to Rights-Conscious Citizens; Han Han and the Public; Are You the One?; Values; The Sacred and the Holy; An Invisible Path; Chinese Youth; Global Standards; A Collapsing Natural Environment?; Awash in Money and Searching for Excellence; Food Safety and Social Risk in Contemporary China; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This compelling book explores the explosive pace of change in China and how its citizens are grappling with a dramatically new world, both in the public and private spheres. There is enormous popular pride in the ascension of China to the rank of global superpower and general satisfaction in the material benefits that the poor as well as the rich have been gaining from an expanding economy. But there is also great restlessness, anger about structural injustice and political corruption, and a search for new forms of spirituality and ethics to replace a |
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