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 unti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harwood, Russell (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions
Rural population.
Rural development.
Economic history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Population rurale > Chine > Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou.
Developpement rural > Chine > Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou.
Rural population > China > Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou.
Rural development > China > Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou.
China > Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou.
Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou (China) > Economic conditions.
Nujiang Lisuzu Zizhizhou (China) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Stevan Harrell
  • Introduction
  • Life at the Periphery of the Chinese Party-State : An Introduction
  • Nature Reserves and Reforestation : The Impacts of Conservation Programs upon Livelihoods
  • All Is Not as It Appears : Education Reform
  • Migration from the Margins : Increasing Outward Migration for Work
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Glossary of Chinese Terms.

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