Making Capitalism In Rural China

Synopsis

This Stimulating And Challenging Book Explores The Duplicitous Nature Of Development In China. On The Positive Side, It Brings Longer And Healthier Lives; Fewer Children Dead Before They Are Five Years Old; More Comfort And Security From Famine And Disaster; More Education; More Communication; More Travel; Less War. But From Another, Darker Perspective, Development Brings Violence To Some People - Those Who Are In The Way Of The New Things, Those Who Cannot Adapt To The New Ways - And It Threatens Old Knowledges, Habits And Societies As It Disrupts Old Power Structures. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1.development Is Not A Dinner Party -- 2.rich Wang's Village: Marketing The Dairy Economy -- 3.buying Out Collectives And Farms -- 4.`we Never Forcibly Evict Anybody, Except Those Who Refuse To Move' -- 5.`may God Bless Our Injured Land ...' -- 6.water Wallies -- 7.`the Miracle Of Creation' -- 8.ethnicity, Poverty, Migration -- 9.development Is The Irrefutable Fact. Michael Webber. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 268-318) And Index.