03085oam 2200625I 450 991046272280332120200520144314.00-203-03884-31-283-83908-31-136-16754-410.4324/9780203038840 (CKB)2670000000298725(EBL)1074814(OCoLC)823379877(SSID)ssj0000783903(PQKBManifestationID)11431299(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783903(PQKBWorkID)10760275(PQKB)11618703(MiAaPQ)EBC1074814(Au-PeEL)EBL1074814(CaPaEBR)ebr10630295(CaONFJC)MIL415158(OCoLC)843097742(EXLCZ)99267000000029872520180706e20101996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ordinary and the extraordinary an anthropological study of Chinese reform and the 1989 People's Movement in Beijing /Frank N. PiekeLondon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (299 p.)"First published in 1996 by Kegan Paul International"--T.p. verso.1-138-97764-0 0-7103-0540-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-284) and index.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; IndexThis 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 the perspective of the common Beijing resident illuminated the dynamic interaction between the fabric of daily life and the Social structureChinaEthnologyChinaChinaSocial conditions1976-2000ChinaHistoryTiananmen Square Incident, 1989Electronic books.Social structureEthnology306/.0951Pieke Frank N.280600FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910462722803321The ordinary and the extraordinary2258192UNINA