| Description |
xvi, 309 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
New rich in Asia series |
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New rich in Asia series.
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| Contents |
1. Cultural relations, class and the new rich of Asia / Michael Pinches -- 2. Consumption, social differentiation and self-definition of the new rich in industrialising Southeast Asia / Ken Young -- 3. From Orang Kaya Baru to Melayu Baru: cultural construction of the Malay 'new rich' / A. B. Shamsul -- 4. The contribution of a Japanese firm to the cultural construction of the new rich in Malaysia / Wendy A. Smith -- 5. Singapore: where the new middle class sets the standard / Chua Beng Huat and Tan Joo Ean -- 6. The years of living luxuriously: identity politics of Indonesia's new rich / Ariel Heryanto -- 7. The new rich and cultural tensions in rural Indonesia / Hans Antlov -- 8. How a revolution becomes a dinner party: stratification, mobility and the new rich in urban China / Christopher Buckley -- 9. Creating the Thai middle class / Jim Ockey -- 10. The state, globalisation and Indian middle-class identity / Salim Lakha |
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11. Entrepreneurship, consumption, ethnicity and national identity in the making of the Philippines' new rich / Michael Pinches |
| Summary |
"The social and economic transformation of Asia has been closely associated with the rise of the new rich. These mostly successful capitalists and salaried professionals have influenced not only the economic changes in the region, but also the cultural restructuring that has accompanied these changes."--BOOK JACKET. "Through a range of social settings - village, factory, city, nation, diaspora and region - this book looks at the cultural changes in national, ethnic, religious and class identities. The authors employ case studies from Singapore, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, India and Indonesia and break new ground with their documentation and analyses of privilege in capitalist Asia. The book also employs a strong theoretical component that questions the approaches to be found in other studies of the new rich."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"This book is a project of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Western Australia"--T.p |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Asia.
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Capitalism -- Asia -- Social conditions.
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Middle class -- Asia.
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Asia.
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Social change -- Asia.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008617
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Asia -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008615
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| Author |
Pinches, Michael.
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Murdoch University. Asia Research Centre.
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| LC no. |
99212899 |
| ISBN |
0415197635 |
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0415197643 (paperback) |
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