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The Ordinary & The Extraordinary An Anthropological Study of Chinese Reform and the 1989 People's movement in Beijing
By Frank N Pieke
Copyright 1996
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
298 Pages
by
Routledge
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First Published in 1996. This study is the outcome of eight-months' fieldwork in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China (PRC), from 8 November 1988 to 17 June 1989. The original purpose of the fieldwork had been to acquire a grass-roots perspective on the dynamics of Chinese state socialist society under the impact of ten years of reform. This was extended to include People's... Read more
Chapter 1 The Construction of a Fieldwork Project in the People’s Republic of China; Part 1 Theory; Chapter 2 Anthropology and the Study of Practice; Part 2 The Ordinary; introduction1 Introduction; Chapter 3 The Structure of China’s Urban Society; Chapter 4 Changes and Continuities Under the Reforms; Part 3 The Extraordinary; intoduction2 Introduction; Chapter 5 The Tradition of Protest; Chapter 6 The People’s Movement; Part 4 Conclusion; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
Biography
Frank N. Pieke
