From Heaven to Earth

Images and Experiences of Development in China
1. Auflage 1993
ISBN: 978-0-415-09746-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 644 g

Much has been written of China's peasant revolution, less has been written on the peasant experience of reform. In From Heaven to Earth Elisabeth Croll examines the images, policies and experiences of development and links the peasants' experience of revolution and reform with their conceptualisations of time and change and examines the new and recent desires which motivate peasant households in China; the new and strenuous demands which are generated by current reforms which allocate new responsibilities to the peasant family; and family strategies evolved by peasant housholds to maximise their resources within the context of reformed rural development. From Heaven to Earth will be of great interest to students, lecturers and professionals in development studies, anthropology, sociology and Chinese Studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Croll, Elizabeth

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I Reform: household and village, Part II Readjustment: the village, Part III Readjustment: the household, Conclusion, Appendix 1: tables, Appendix 2: field methods, Notes, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Elizabeth Croll