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9780415406147

China Along the Yellow River: Reflections on Rural Society

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415406147

  • ISBN10:

    0415406145

  • Edition: Revised
  • Format: Nonspecific Binding
  • Copyright: 2005-02-08
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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This text had a major impact in its original Chinese version. It examines the lives and work of peasants, Party and local government officials, providing a wealth of data on life in post-reform rural China.

Table of Contents

Translators' foreword
Introduction: A Chinese Ethnography of Rural State and Society
China Along the Yellow River
Historical and Theoretical Aspects of Sociological Research
Making Arrangements
Three Misfortunes Facing the Peasants
Promotion Prospects
A Visit to a 'Model of Prosperity' Village
The Election of the 'Top Ten Officials'
Two Wedding Customs: 'Pressing the Bed' and 'Bean Stuffing'
A Woman Who Had Escaped the Confines of Traditional Village Life
A Visit to the Kaifeng County Party Secretary, 'Yang the Just'
The Apple Orchard Owner
More on Village Party Secretaries and Corruption
The Eye Goddess Temple
Abortion Targets - Bureaucracy Gone Mad
Imperious Officials in China's Interior
An Economically Important Xiang - Chenliu
Joint Enterprise and Family-Run Businesses in Zhuqingzhai Village
Local Government in a Predicament Over the 'Veto'
The Carve-Up of Power at Xiang or Town Level
A Visit to Chenliu's Head of Finance
Liudian Xiang - Land Reclaimed From the Yellow River
Liudian's Drainage Project
Village Cadres Who Kept the Flood Drainage Work Going
Five Good Things about Being Village Party Secretary
Trip to Southern Henan
Dual Fields System
A Reflection on the Xinyang Affair
Some Issues of Mutual Concern
A Visit to the Xinyang Region
Tensions Between Party and People
Tobacco and Cotton - Crops Doomed to Fail
One Person Can Make or Break a Kingdom
'Can't Find a Law That Fits'
The County Head Talks about Controlling the Officials
Visiting the Old Lady at Dongjia Huts Purchasing Favour or Reciprocating Hospitality?
Borrowing Money to Make Tax Payments
An Episode at Zhengzhou Station
The Final Stage of My Trip - the Luo River
How the Hill Folk Lived
The Bullying Brothers
Fighting For 'Poor County' Status
'Cadre Visits are a Waste of Petrol'
Back From the Northern Chinese Plains
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