Cao Jinqing

China Along the Yellow River (eBook, ePUB)

Reflections on Rural Society
Übersetzer: Harman, Nicky

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134296620
• Artikelnr.: 49375977

Autorenporträt

Cao Jinqing was born in 1949 in Zhejiang province, Central China, and graduated as a mature student in philosophy form Fudan University, Shanghai, in 1982. He now heads the Sociology Department at East China Polytechnic University. This book is not his first publication but it is his first major work. It has been widely reviewed in China, but is little known outside China.
Nicky Harman graduated in Chinese at Leeds University in 1972. She currently teaches Chinese Translation at Imperial College London, and translated K-The Art of Love by Hong Ying (Marion Boyars, 2002).
Huang Ruhua was born in 1960 in Shanghai, Central China, and graduated in philosophy from Fudan University, Shanghai in 1982. Between 1985 and 1990, she lectured in Shanghai, and then moved to England where she is the mother of two young children and works part time.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Historical and Theoretical Aspects of Sociological Research 2. Making
Arrangements 3. Three Misfortunes Facing the Peasants 4. Promotion
Prospects 5. A Visit to a 'Model of Prosperity' Village 6. The Election of
the 'Top Ten Officials' 7. Two Wedding Customs: 'Pressing the Bed' and
'Bean Stuffing' 8. A Woman Who Had Escaped the Confines of Traditional
Village Life 9. A Visit to the Kaifeng County Party Secretary, 'Yang the
Just' 10. The Apple Orchard Owner 11. More on Village Party Secretaries and
Corruption 12. The Eye Goddess Temple 13. Abortion Targets - Bureaucracy
Gone Mad 14. Imperious Officials in China's Interior 15. An Economically
Important Xiang - Chenliu 16. Joint Enterprise and Family-Run Businesses in
Zhuqingzhai Village 17. Local Government in a Predicament Over the 'Veto'
18. The Carve-Up of Power at Xiang or Town Level 19. A Visit to Chenliu's
Head of Finance 20. Liudian Xiang - Land Reclaimed From the Yellow River
21. Liudian's Drainage Project 22. Village Cadres Who Kept the Flood
Drainage Work Going 23. Five Good Things about Being Village Party
Secretary 24. Trip to Southern Henan 25. Dual Fields System 26. A
Reflection on the Xinyang Affair 27. Some Issues of Mutual Concern 28. A
Visit to the Xinyang Region 29. Tensions Between Party and People 30.
Tobacco and Cotton - Crops Doomed to Fail 31. One Person Can Make or Break
a Kingdom 32. 'Can't Find a Law That Fits' 33. The County Head Talks about
Controlling the Officials 34. Visiting the Old Lady at Dongjia Huts
Purchasing Favour or Reciprocating Hospitality? 35. Borrowing Money to Make
Tax Payments 36. An Episode at Zhengzhou Station 37. The Final Stage of My
Trip - the Luo River 38. How the Hill Folk Lived 39. The Bullying Brothers
40. Fighting For 'Poor County' Status 41. 'Cadre Visits are a Waste of
Petrol' 42. Back From the Northern Chinese Plains