{"product_id":"state-sponsored-inequality-shuang-chen-9780804799034","title":"State-Sponsored Inequality: The Banner System and Social Stratification in Northeast China","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the social economic processes of inequality in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century rural China. Drawing on uniquely rich source materials, Shuang Chen provides a comprehensive view of the creation of a social hierarchy wherein the state classified immigrants to the Chinese county of Shuangcheng into distinct categories, each associated with different land entitlements. The resulting patterns of wealth stratification and social hierarchy were then simultaneously challenged and reinforced by local people. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe tensions built into the unequal land entitlements shaped the identities of immigrant groups, and this social hierarchy persisted even after the institution of unequal state entitlements was removed. \u003ci\u003eState-Sponsored Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e offers an in-depth understanding of the key factors that contribute to social stratification in agrarian societies. Moreover, it sheds light on the many parallels between the stratification system in nineteenth-century Shuangcheng and structural inequality in contemporary China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shuang Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804799032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804799034\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2017","brand":"Shuang Chen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120262836479,"sku":"9780804799034","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8bf4c7cc-f9e2-4ad2-945a-cd9dfda74fcd.jpg?v=1687413373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/state-sponsored-inequality-shuang-chen-9780804799034","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}