China's New Socialist Countryside : Modernity Arrives in the Nu River Valley /

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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1. Verfasser: Harwood, Russell (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2014]
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.