03272nam 2200685Ia 450 991097414900332120251117092741.01-136-16761-70-203-03884-31-283-83908-31-136-16754-410.4324/9780203038840 (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(OCoLC)821611700(FINmELB)ELB133845(EXLCZ)99267000000029872519950804d1996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe ordinary and the extraordinary an anthropological study of Chinese reform and the 1989 People's Movement in Beijing /Frank N. Pieke1st ed.London ;New York Kegan Paul International1996London ;New York :Kegan Paul International,1996.1 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, 1989Social structureEthnology306/.0951Pieke Frank N280600MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910974149003321The ordinary and the extraordinary4482830UNINA