Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-281) and index.
Contents:
1. Introduction : why Gao Village? -- 2. A critical overall view of China since the late 1990s -- 3. A brief survey of Gao Village since the late 1990s -- 4. The resourcefulness and entrepreneurship of the rural Chinese -- 5. Gao Wenshu : from troublemaker to entrepreneur -- 6. Gao Changxian, Gao Mingxia, and the background of their hotel business -- 7. The Gao family clan and its hotel businesses -- 8. The poor in Gao Village : Gao Lati -- 9. The real estate boom and Gao Changqi, the entrepreneur rubbish collector -- 10. Change and continuity : conflicts of values -- 11. The reach of the state in Gao Village -- 12. The reinvention of tradition and the impact of lineage identity on local governance -- 13. The future of Gao Village and rural China.
Summary:
"This is a close study of Gao village twenty years after the author, an anthropologist and native of Gao Village, wrote his original ethnography Gao Village. It combines ethnographic analysis, personal vignettes, and a number of fascinating stories, which presents a convincing yet complex picture of how Gao Villagers interact with the outside world. With his sympathetic and insider's approach, the author argues that rural Chinese display great entrepreneurship and inner strength of self-improvement; they are active contributors to China's economic boom"--From online version .
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