China's New Socialist Countryside : Modernity Arrives in the Nu River Valley / / Russell Harwood.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Seattle : : University of Washington Press,, [2013] ©[2013] |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Foreword by Stevan Harrell""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Equivalents and Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Life at the Periphery of the Chinese Party-State: An Introduction""; ""2. Nature Reserves and Reforestation: The Impacts of Conservation Programs upon Livelihoods""; ""3. All Is Not as It Appears: Education Reform""; ""4. Migration from the Margins: Increasing Outward Migration for Work""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary of Chinese Terms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""