LEADER 06515oam 22007334a 450 001 9910309749603321 005 20240418051441.0 010 $a0-295-80409-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000330386 035 $a(EBL)3444504 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000825349 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11485761 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000825349 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10797345 035 $a(PQKB)10034975 035 $a(OCoLC)824363021 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21236 035 $a(WaSeSS)IndRDA00120869 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444504 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10643257 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL810354 035 $a(OCoLC)929159280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444504 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88459 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000330386 100 $a20070419d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDoing Business in Rural China$eLiangshan?s New Ethnic Entrepreneurs /$fThomas Heberer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cUniversity of Washington Press$d2012 210 1$aSeattle :$cUniversity of Washington Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007. 215 $a1 online resource (282 p.) 225 0$aStudies on ethnic groups in China 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-295-99373-1 311 $a0-295-98729-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-258) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : Liangshan and its entrepreneurs -- Nuosu traditional culture and social change -- The Liangshan economic setting and private entrepreneurs -- Private sector development in nine Liangshan counties -- Comparative profiles of Nuosu and Han entrepreneurs -- The effect of entrepreneurs on local politics -- Entrepreneurs and social change -- Entrepreneurs and ethnic relations -- Entrepreneurs and ethnic identity -- Conclusion : the influence of Nuosu entrepreneurs. 330 $aLonglisted for the 2009 ICAS Book AwardMountainous Liangshan Prefecture, on the southern border of Sichuan Province, is one of China's most remote regions. Although Liangshan's majority ethnic group, the Nuosu (now classified by the Chinese government as part of the Yi ethnic group), practiced a subsistence economy and were, by Chinese standards, extremely poor, their traditional society was stratified into endogamous castes, the most powerful of which owned slaves. With the incorporation of Liangshan into China's new socialist society in the mid-twentieth century, the Nuosu were required to abolish slavery and what the Chinese government considered to be superstitious religious practices. When Han Chinese moved into the area, competing with Nuosu for limited resources and introducing new cultural and economic challenges, some Nuosu took advantage of China's new economic policies in the 1980s to begin private businesses.In Doing Business in Rural China, Thomas Heberer tells the stories of individual entrepreneurs and presents a wealth of economic data gleaned from extensive fieldwork in Liangshan. He documents and analyzes the phenomenal growth during the last two decades of Nuosu-run businesses, comparing these with Han-run businesses and asking how ethnicity affects the new market-oriented economic structure and how economics in turn affects Nuosu culture and society. He finds that Nuosu entrepreneurs have effected significant change in local economic structures and social institutions and have financed major social and economic development projects. This economic development has prompted Nuosu entrepreneurs to establish business, political, and social relationships beyond the traditional social confines of the clan, while also fostering awareness and celebration of ethnicity.Longlisted for the 2009 ICAS Book AwardMountainous Liangshan Prefecture, on the southern border of Sichuan Province, is one of China's most remote regions. Although Liangshan's majority ethnic group, the Nuosu (now classified by the Chinese government as part of the Yi ethnic group) practiced a subsistence economy and were, by Chinese standards, extremely poor. Their traditional society was stratified into endogamous castes, the most powerful of which owned slaves. With the incorporation of Liangshan into China's new socialist society in the mid-twentieth century, the Nuosu were required to abolish slavery and what the Chinese government considered to be superstitious religious practices. When Han Chinese moved into the area, competing with Nuosu for limited resources and introducing new cultural and economic challenges, some Nuosu took advantage of China's new economic policies in the 1980s to begin private businesses.In Doing Business in Rural China, Thomas Heberer tells the stories of individual entrepreneurs and presents a wealth of economic data gleaned from extensive fieldwork in Liangshan. He documents and analyzes the phenomenal growth during the last two decades of Nuosu-run businesses, comparing these with Han-run businesses and asking how ethnicity affects the new market-oriented economic structure and how economics in turn affects Nuosu culture and society. He finds that Nuosu entrepreneurs have effected significant change in local economic structures and social institutions and have financed major social and economic development projects. 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