Urban Life in Contemporary China
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Urban Life in Contemporary China
Through interviews with city residents, Martin King Whyte and William L. Parish provide a unique survey of urban life in the last decade of Mao Zedong’s rule. They conclude that changes in society produced under communism were truly revolutionary and that, in the decade under scrutiny, the Chinese avoided ostensibly universal evils of urbanism with considerable success. At the same time, however, they find that this successful effort spawned new and equally serious urban problems—bureaucratic rigidity, low production, and more.
415 pages | 15 halftones, 1 map, illustrations | 6 x 9 | © 1984
Anthropology: Cultural and Social Anthropology
Asian Studies: East Asia
Sociology: Urban and Rural Sociology
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Authors’ Notes
1. Introduction
One - Urban Political Economy
2. Chinese Urban Structure
3. The Quest for Equality and Security
4. Social Services and Supplies
Two - Family Behavior
5. Mate Choice and Marriage
6. The Organization of Urban Families
7. The Position of Women
Three - Quality of Life
8. Crime and Social Control
9. Political Control
10. Religion and Social Values
11. Personal Relations
12. Conclusions
Appendix 1 - Methodological Notes
Appendix 2 - Neighborhood and Work Unit
Characteristics
Index
Authors’ Notes
1. Introduction
One - Urban Political Economy
2. Chinese Urban Structure
3. The Quest for Equality and Security
4. Social Services and Supplies
Two - Family Behavior
5. Mate Choice and Marriage
6. The Organization of Urban Families
7. The Position of Women
Three - Quality of Life
8. Crime and Social Control
9. Political Control
10. Religion and Social Values
11. Personal Relations
12. Conclusions
Appendix 1 - Methodological Notes
Appendix 2 - Neighborhood and Work Unit
Characteristics
Index