The Complexity of Rural Migration in China
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The Complexity of Rural Migration in China

The Story of a Migrant Village

  1. 246 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Complexity of Rural Migration in China

The Story of a Migrant Village

About this book

This book examines socio-economic relationships and cultural changes in contemporary rural China, focusing on the experience of a typical Chinese village the working-age population of which has been hollowed out by outbound labor migration.

The volume sheds light on the inherent complexity of peasants' material, economic, and emotional dependency on the countryside, and how these relationships shape their experience of migration and the personal transformation that comes with it. Simplistic binaries such as "traditional" and "modern" are left to one side in favour of a multifaceted approach to understanding the interactions among people, institutions, and the natural environment.

The book will appeal to academics of sociology and anthropology and general readers interested in China's rural society.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Chapter 1: Introduction
  8. Chapter 2: Rurality rooted in the soil
  9. Chapter 3: The rising labor migration and the transplantation of rurality
  10. Chapter 4: The disintegration of rurality during the urban–rural migration
  11. Chapter 5: The reconstruction of rurality within the frame of the “beautiful countryside construction” campaign
  12. Chapter 6: The transformation of rurality and the ordering of the village
  13. Chapter 7: Discussion and conclusion
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index