Cultural Change and Persistence
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Cultural Change and Persistence

New Perspectives on Development

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eBook - PDF

Cultural Change and Persistence

New Perspectives on Development

About this book

This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either change or persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latter proceeds primarily from internal or external forces.

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Yes, you can access Cultural Change and Persistence by W. Ascher, J. Heffron, W. Ascher,J. Heffron in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Cultural & Social Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Coverpage
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Preface and Acknowledgments
  8. Contributors
  9. 1 Rethinking Culture and Development: Patterns of Change and Persistence
  10. 2 Normative Considerations in Promoting Cultural Preservation or Change
  11. 3 ā€œOld Times There Are Not Forgottenā€: Southern Traditionalism and American National Development
  12. 4 Nationalism and the Politics of Language: Analogies from Europe for the Pacific Basin
  13. 5 Are Cultural Tensions ā€œCulturalā€? Public Responses to Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Migration in the Russian Far East
  14. 6 Cultural Transition and Village Discourse in Twentieth-Century China
  15. 7 How Our Village Becomes ā€œEcoculturalā€: Change, Resilience, and Social Capital in Southwest China Minority Communities
  16. 8 ā€œThe Ramlila Projectā€: Indian Identities in an Age of Globalization
  17. 9 Mexico from Mestizo to Multicultural: Arts and Identity at the Turn of the Millennium
  18. 10 Global Citizenship, Cultural Change, and Education Policy in Japan and New Zealand
  19. 11 Culture and Law on the Durand Line: Continuity and Change
  20. 12 Conclusions: Intertwining Cultural Adaptation and Economic Development
  21. Index