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1 online resource (301 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Map; PART ONE INTRODUCTION; 1 Economy, Labor, and Family in Inner Mongolia; Technology, Economy, and Diversity; The Present Study; Privatization: Deliverance or Scourge?; Chinese on the Inner Mongolian Frontier: The Setting; Population, Migration, and Inter-Ethnic Relations; Site Selection; Methodology; Doing Fieldwork in Inner Mongolia; Notes; PART TWO CULTIVATORS: THE CHINESE WAY; 2 Chinese Farmers: Tranquillity and Middle Villages; Tranquillity Village; Middle Village; Summary; Notes |
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3 Chinese Farmers: Economy and SocietyResponsibility and Socioeconomic Differentiation; Responsibility, Private Enterprise, and Labor; Changes in Living Standard; Patterns of Marriage; Family and Kinship; Farming and Family Reproduction; Summary; Notes; 4 People of Tranquillity; The Sus: A Strong Family; Notes; 5 More Farm Households: Weak Labor; The Hes: The Fragility of Widowhood; An Elderly Couple: The Dilemma of Success; PART THREE PASTORALISTS: ANOTHER KIND OF SOCIETY; 6 Chinese Herders: Sandhill and Great Pasture; Sandhill Town; Great Pasture Township; Division of Labor; Combining Tasks |
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FishingSummary; Notes; 7 Chinese Herders: Economy and Society; Ethnic Boundaries; Other Important Distinctions; The Pastoral Bottom Line; The Responsibility System and Socioeconomic Differentiation; Responsibility, Private Enterprise, and Labor; Rising Living Standards; Patterns of Marriage; Family and Kinship; Pastoralism and Family Reproduction; Summary; Notes; 8 Pastoral Families: The Haves; The Wangs: A Family That Stays Together Can Do Well Together; The Lins: A Family Divided; Dadusulongmu: A Mongol Family; 9 Families at the Turning Point; The Fu Family: Holding Ground Won |
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Qi Fusan: Fishing the Grasslands10 Pastoral Families: The Have Nots; Gao Bingan: Struggling with Catastrophe; The Zhangs: Going It Alone; 11 Conclusions: Ecology and Society on the Inner Mongolian Frontier; The Ecological Variables; Limits of Communist Transformation; The New Economy, Ecology, and Profits; Income, Inequality, and the Family; Economy and Family Complexity; Family Reproduction; Women's Work and Status; The Ethnic Equation; Notes; References; About the Book and Authors; Index |
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Print version record |
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Chinese -- China -- Inner Mongolia
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Chinese
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Landwirtschaft
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Fallstudiensammlung
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Chinezen.
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Élevage -- Chine -- Mongolie intérieure.
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Paysannerie -- Chine -- Mongolie intérieure.
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Pasteurs -- Chine -- Mongolie-intérieure.
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Agriculteurs -- Chine -- Mongolie-intérieure.
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China -- Inner Mongolia
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Innere Mongolei
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Mongolie intérieure (Chine) -- Conditions rurales.
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Chinesen.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429700101 |
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0429700105 |
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9780429720116 |
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0429720114 |
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