Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Under Mao Zedong, the state controlled nearly all aspects of what people consumed

"“Chinese people should consume Chinese products!” This slogan was the catchphrase of a movement in early twentieth-century China that sought to link consum

Recent decades have seen China's domestic consumption in sectors such as food, housing, health care, education and travel greatly increase. This important book

This wide-ranging collection of essays by leading sociologists on the new consumerism of post-economic-reform China is an important contribution to our understa

This book examines how heritage interacts with social-cultural changes and how individuals perform and negotiate their identities through daily practices that i