{"product_id":"chinas-new-socialist-countryside-russell-harwood-9780295993386","title":"China's New Socialist Countryside: Modernity Arrives in the NU River Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003eOpen-access edition: 10.6069\/9780295804781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on ethnographic fieldwork, this case study examines the impact of economic development on ethnic minority people living along the upper-middle reaches of the Nu (Salween) River in Yunnan. In this highly mountainous, sparsely populated area live the Lisu, Nu, and Dulong (Drung) people, who until recently lived as subsistence farmers, relying on shifting cultivation, hunting, the collection of medicinal plants from surrounding forests, and small-scale logging to sustain their household economies. \u003ci\u003eChina's New Socialist Countryside\u003c\/i\u003e explores how compulsory education, conservation programs, migration for work, and the expansion of social and economic infrastructure are not only transforming livelihoods, but also intensifying the Chinese Party-state's capacity to integrate ethnic minorities into its political fabric and the national industrial economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Harwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295993383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295993386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014","brand":"Russell Harwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48064817004799,"sku":"9780295993386","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19580553-80e1-4d56-93ac-a52ec2452076.jpg?v=1768671225","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinas-new-socialist-countryside-russell-harwood-9780295993386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}