| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 309 pages) |
| Series |
New rich in Asia series |
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New rich in Asia series.
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| Contents |
Cultural relations, class and the new rich of Asia / Michael Pinches -- Consumption, social differentiation and self-definition of the new rich in industrialising Southeast Asia / Ken Young -- From Orang Kaya Baru to Melayu Baru / A.B. Shamsul -- Contribution of a Japanese firm to the cultural construction of the new rich in Malaysia / Wendy A. Smith -- Singapore / Chua Beng Huat and Tan Joo Ean -- Years of living luxuriously / Ariel Heryanto -- New rich and cultural tensions in rural Indonesia / Hans Antlöv -- How a revolution becomes a dinner party / Christopher Buckley -- Creating the Thai middle class / Jim Ockey -- State, globalisation and Indian middle-class identity / Salim Lakha -- 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." "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."--Jacket |
| Notes |
"This book is a project of the Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University, Western Australia." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Middle class -- Asia
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Social change -- Asia
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Elite (Social sciences) -- Asia
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Capitalism -- Social aspects -- Asia
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes.
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Capitalism -- Social aspects
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Economic history
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Elite (Social sciences)
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Middle class
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Social change
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008617
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pinches, Michael
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Asia Research Centre.
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| ISBN |
020398207X |
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9780203982075 |
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