| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 290 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / John Fitzgerald -- 2. The province in history / John Fitzgerald -- 3. New chongqing : opportunities and challenges / Lijian Hong -- 4. Henan as a model : from hegemonism to fragmentism / Thomas Heberer and Sabine Jakobi -- 5. Guangdong under reform : social and political trends and challenges / Peter Cheung -- 6. Discourses of poverty : weakness, potential and provincial identity in Anhui / Wanning Sun -- 7. Looking south : local identities and transnational linkages in Yunnan / Margaret Swain -- 8. The political implications of Heilongjiang's industrial structure / Gaye Christoffersen -- 9. Why provinces? / Barbara Krug |
| Summary |
This book seeks to locate the province as an administrative level in the Chinese state, through an examination of historic, economic, social and political developments of these units. It contains extensively researched empirical data |
| Notes |
Originally published 2002 by Routledge |
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Introduction / John Fitzgerald -- The province in history / John Fitzgerald -- New Chongqing : opportunities and challenges / Lijian Hong -- Henan as a model : from hegemonism to fragmentism / Thomas Heberer and Sabine Jakobi -- Guangdong under reform : social and political trends and challenges / Peter Cheung -- Discourses of poverty : weakness, potential and provincial identity in Anhui / Wanning Sun -- Looking South : local identities and transnational linkages in Yunnan / Margaret Swain -- The political implications of Heilongjiang's industrial structure / Gaye Christofferson -- Why provinces? / Barbara Krug |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
State governments -- China
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State governments -- China -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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State governments
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China
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fitzgerald, John, 1951-
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| ISBN |
0203166515 |
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9780203166512 |
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0415270073 |
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9780415270076 |
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