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Autore |
Pieke Frank N. |
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The ordinary and the extraordinary : an anthropological study of Chinese reform and the 1989 People's Movement in Beijing / / Frank N. Pieke |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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0-203-03884-3 |
1-283-83908-3 |
1-136-16754-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (299 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social structure - China |
Ethnology - China |
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China Social conditions 1976-2000 |
China History Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989 |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published in 1996 by Kegan Paul International"--T.p. verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; The Ordinary and the Extraordinary; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1. The Construction of a Field work Project in the People's Republic of China; I. Theory; 2. Anthropology and the Study of Practice; II. The Ordinary; Introduction; 3. The Structure of China's Urban Society; 4. Changes and Continuities under the Reforms; III. The Extraordinary; Introduction; 5. The Tradition of Protest; 6. The People's Movement; IV. Conclusion; 7. Conclusion; Appendix: A Short Chronology of the People's Movement, 15 April - 24 June 1989; References; Index |
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This work began as a study of the dynamics of Chinese state socialist society under the impact of ten years of reform. Workers, lower level state cadres and private entrepreneurs were interviewed on the ordinary strategies of daily life in China; on such phenomena as corruption, the use of kinship and friendship networks, relations with superiors and colleagues at work and the rapidly increasing use of money for legal and illegal purposes. Approaching the problem from |
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