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China's New Socialist Countryside: Modernity Arrives in the Nu River Valley
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Based on ethnographic fieldwork, this case study examines the impact of economic development on ethnic minority people living along the upper-middle reaches of the Nu (Salween) River in Yunnan. In this highly mountainous, sparsely populated area live the Lisu, Nu, and Dulong (Drung) people, who until recently lived as subsistence farmers, relying on shifting cultivation, hunting, the collection of medicinal plants from surrounding forests, and small-scale logging to sustain their household economies. China's New Socialist Countryside explores how compulsory education, conservation programs, migration for work, and the expansion of social and economic infrastructure are not only transforming livelihoods, but also intensifying the Chinese Party-state’s capacity to integrate ethnic minorities into its political fabric and the national industrial economy.
Table of Contents
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Cover
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Frontmatter
Contents
China’s New Socialist Countryside
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Foreword
Acknowledgments
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Equivalents and Abbreviations
China’s New Socialist Countryside
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Introduction
China’s New Socialist Countryside
1. Life at the Periphery of the Chinese Party-State: An Introduction
2. Nature Reserves and Reforestation: The Impacts of Conservation Programs upon Livelihoods
China’s New Socialist Countryside
3. All Is Not as It Appears: Education Reform
China’s New Socialist Countryside
China’s New Socialist Countryside
4. Migration from the Margins: Increasing Outward Migration for Work
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Conclusion
Notes
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Glossary of Chinese Terms
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Bibliography
China’s New Socialist Countryside
China’s New Socialist Countryside
Index
China’s New Socialist Countryside
China’s New Socialist Countryside
China’s New Socialist Countryside
China’s New Socialist Countryside
China’s New Socialist Countryside
| ISBN | 9780295804781 |
|---|---|
| Related ISBN(s) | 9780295993256 |
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 861322633 |
| Pages | 248 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2013-10-21 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Creative Commons | CC-BY-NC-ND |
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