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Author:   Beatriz Carrillo ,  David S.G. Goodman
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781781005729

ISBN 10:   1781005729
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   30 September 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface Introduction: The Sociopolitical Challenge of Economic Change – Peasants and Workers in Transformation Beatriz Carrillo and David S.G. Goodman 1. Status Groups and Classes in a Chinese Village: From the Mao Era through Post-Mao Industrialization Jonathan Unger 2. Awakening the God of Earth: Land, Place and Class in Urbanizing Guangdong Luigi Tomba 3. The Making and Re-making of the Working Class in South China Parry P. Leung and Alvin Y. So 4. Chinese Migrant Workers: Factors Constraining the Emergence of Class Consciousness Anita Chan and Kaxton Siu 5. Industrial Restructuring and Class Transformation in China Joel Andreas 6. Working-class Cultural Spaces: Comparing the Old and the New Jack Linchuan Qiu and Hongzhe Wang Bibliography Index

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'The strength of this thought provoking book is that each chapter combines theoretical reflections with penetrating empirical analysis, so it has a lot to offer anyone interested in social change in contemporary China.' -- The China Journal

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Edited by Beatriz Carrillo, University of Sydney, Australia and Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China and David S.G. Goodman, University of Sydney, Australia

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