China's Motor : : A Thousand Years of Petty Capitalism /

China's Motor : : A Thousand Years of Petty Capitalism / / Hill Gates.

"Gates is a Marxist anthropologist with chutzpah. Best known for her compelling portrayal of contemporary working-class Taiwanese, she considerably broadens and deepens her analysis of China's socioeconomy in this work."—ChoiceThis monumental work reveals the continuities that underli...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Gates, Hill,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1997
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chinese Dynasties of the Late Empire
  • CHINA'S HEARTLAND
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Tributary and Petty-Capitalist Modes of Production
  • 3. Motion in the System
  • 4. Cities and Space
  • 5. Patricorporations: The State and the Household
  • 6. Patricorporations: The Lineage
  • 7. Dowry and Brideprice
  • 8. Folk Ideologies: Rulers and Commoners
  • 9. Folk Ideologies: Women and Men
  • 10. Petty Capitalism in Taiwan
  • 11. Re-creating the Tributary in China
  • 12. Conclusions
  • Appendix: Dowry to Wedding-Cost Ratios
  • Sources
  • General Index
  • Index of Place Names

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