China's Motor: A Thousand Years of Petty Capitalism

by Hill Gates

Book Overview

"Gates is a Marxist anthropologist with chutzpah. Best known for her compelling portrayal of contemporary working-class Taiwanese, she considerably broadens and deepens her analysis of China's socioeconomy in this work."--ChoiceThis monumental work reveals the continuities that underlie the changing surface of Chinese life from late imperial days to modern times. With a perspective that encompasses a thousand years of Chinese history, China's Motor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801431433
• ISBN13: 9780801431432
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher