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- catalog abstract ""This book provides a general introduction to the Chinese, taking the reader on a journey from the poorest, those living in remote mountainous regions, to the most powerful families in the capital. In between it looks at how workers in state-owned enterprises and the new capitalists are navigating the transition from a planned to a market economy, and at who are the winners and losers in the scramble to make this new consumer market yield golden profits."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11899487.
- catalog coverage "China.".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""This book provides a general introduction to the Chinese, taking the reader on a journey from the poorest, those living in remote mountainous regions, to the most powerful families in the capital. In between it looks at how workers in state-owned enterprises and the new capitalists are navigating the transition from a planned to a market economy, and at who are the winners and losers in the scramble to make this new consumer market yield golden profits."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-434) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Through the Open Door -- 1. Eating Bitterness -- 2. Local Despots and Peasant Rebels -- 3. Getting Rich is Glorious -- 4. Behind the Walls -- 5. Inside the Zones -- 6. The Iron Rice Bowl -- 7. The Pig that Fears to Become Fat -- 8. The God of Wealth -- 9. Guttering Candles -- 10. Barefoot Doctors and Witch-doctors -- 11. The Stinking Ninth -- 12. Secret Empire -- 13. Tremble and Obey -- 14. The Rule of Law -- 15. Between Heaven and Earth -- Epilogue: Examining the Oracle Bones.".
- catalog extent "xi, 464 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0684844125".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Free Press,".
- catalog spatial "China.".
- catalog subject "951 21".
- catalog subject "DS706 .B393 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Through the Open Door -- 1. Eating Bitterness -- 2. Local Despots and Peasant Rebels -- 3. Getting Rich is Glorious -- 4. Behind the Walls -- 5. Inside the Zones -- 6. The Iron Rice Bowl -- 7. The Pig that Fears to Become Fat -- 8. The God of Wealth -- 9. Guttering Candles -- 10. Barefoot Doctors and Witch-doctors -- 11. The Stinking Ninth -- 12. Secret Empire -- 13. Tremble and Obey -- 14. The Rule of Law -- 15. Between Heaven and Earth -- Epilogue: Examining the Oracle Bones.".
- catalog title "The Chinese / Jasper Becker.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".