Gao Village: A Portrait of Rural Life in Modern ChinaHurst & Company, 1999 - 286 pages An insider's account of life in Gao village in Jiangxi province in China, the author of this text was born and brought up in the village, before leaving at the age of 21 to study English at Xiamen University. He still returns annually to the village to visit his brother who continues to live there. |
Table des matières
The Study of Rural China and the Case of Gao Village | 1 |
The Setting | 4 |
Land Water and Local Politics | 11 |
Droits d'auteur | |
15 autres sections non affichées
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Expressions et termes fréquents
According afford agricultural amount authorities became Boyang County brigade building carried cash cent China Chinese clan commune Communist cost crops Cultural Revolution doctor early economic enterprises fact factory fields five four Gao Changyin Gao Village genealogical given grain happened household important income increase industrial instance kind labour Lake land late leader Leap Forward least levies live male Mao's marriage married migrant workers never officials once output paid parents Party peasants period person points policies political population practice production team Province Qinglin reason record reform residents result rice rural schistosomiasis statistics taken teacher took Town traditional University urban usually village committee Wang wanted woman women xiang young yuan