Prosperity's Predicament

Prosperity's Predicament
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781442225756
ISBN-13 : 1442225750
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Book Synopsis Prosperity's Predicament by : Isabel Brown Crook

Download or read book Prosperity's Predicament written by Isabel Brown Crook and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic in the annals of village studies will be widely read and debated for what it reveals about China's rural dynamics as well as the nature of state power, markets, the military, social relations, and religion. Built on extraordinarily intimate and detailed research in a Sichuan village that Isabel Crook began in 1940, the book provides an unprecedented history of Chinese rural life during the war with Japan. It is an essential resource for all scholars of contemporary China.


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