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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harwood, Russell (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press 2013
[2013]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009419765606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""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""