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Market reforms, nationalism, and the expansion of urban China's moral horizon
Urban anthropology and studies of cultural systems and world economic development • 33 (2/4) • Published In 2004 • Pages: 167-210
By: Jankowiak, William R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study tests the theory of whether or not China's opening up to the global economy also expanded the people's moral universe beyond their insular work units. The author notes general trends in growing nationalism, concern for the country's prestige in the world, and a growing philanthropic sector supporting the theory of expansion. Also tested in this study is how people ranked professions before and after China's opening up: finding an increased esteem for educators, professionals and businesspeople, and less esteem for cadres and government officials. A greater empathy for peasants was also noted. All point to an expanding morality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mercantile business
- Occupational specialization
- Status, role, and prestige
- Accumulation of wealth
- Etiquette
- Ethics
- Political parties
- Poverty
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Han Chinese
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1983, 1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1983-2000
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Huhhot, Inner Mongolia;Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China
- NotesAdditional notes
- William Jankowiak
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 98641869
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- China--Social life and customs