China's Peasants The Anthropology of a Revolution |
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| Author:
| Potter, Sulamith Heins
Potter, Jack M. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-35521-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1990 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $143.95 |
Book Description:
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This landmark study of Zengbu, a Cantonese community, is the first comprehensive analysis of a rural Chinese society by foreign anthropologists since the Revolution in 1949. Jack and Sulamith Potter examine the revolutionary experiences of Zengbu's peasant villagers and document the rapid changeover from Maoist to post-Maoist China.
This landmark study of Zengbu, a Cantonese community, is the first comprehensive analysis of a rural Chinese society by foreign anthropologists since the Revolution in 1949. Jack and Sulamith Potter examine the revolutionary experiences of Zengbu's peasant villagers and document the rapid changeover from Maoist to post-Maoist China.