This is the first volume in the The New Rich in Asia series which examines the economic, social and political construction of the 'new rich' in the countries an

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is Mohsin Hamid's spectacular, thought-provoking novel of modern Asia In this keenly-awaited follow-up to his bestselling

Three decades of reform since 1978 in the People’s Republic of China have resulted in the emergence of new social groups which have included new occupations a

The essays in this collection challenge conventional ideas about consumption and consumerism: they consider if the inundation of Western consumer goods have cre

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