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Village and Family in Contemporary China

Martin King Whyte author William L Parish author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Aug '80

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After 1949 the Chinese Communists carried out land reform, the collectivization of agriculture, and the formation of people's communes. The new economic and political organizations that emerged have made peasant life more comfortable and secure, but many economic and status differentials and traditional customs remain resistant to change. Focusing on rural Kwangtung province, William L. Parish and Martin King Whyte examine the rural work-incentive system, village equality and inequality, rural health care and education, marriage customs, and the position of women, among other topics, to determine what and how much of the traditional Chinese ways of life is left in Communist China.

ISBN: 9780226645919

Dimensions: 23mm x 15mm x 2mm

Weight: 510g

436 pages