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Town and Country in China

Identity and Perception

Tao Tao Liu author David Faure author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:15th Nov '01

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The transformation in Chinese social theory in the twentieth century placed the rural-urban divide at the centre of individual identity. This interdisciplinary collection traces the development and distinctions between urban and rural life and the effect on the Chinese sense of identity from the sixteenth century to the present day.The transformation in Chinese social theory in the twentieth century placed the rural-urban divide at the centre of individual identity. In 1500, such distinctions were insignificant and it was the emergence of political reforms in the early 1920s and 1930s which separated cities and towns as agents of social change and encouraged a perception of rural backwardness. This interdisciplinary collection traces the development and distinctions between urban and rural life and the effect on the Chinese sense of identity from the sixteenth century to the present day. It provides a daunting example of the influence that political ideology may exert on an individual's sense of place.

ISBN: 9781349662982

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 454g

260 pages

1st ed. 2002