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Ritual and economy in metropolitan China, a global social science approach, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Guo Man and Feng Xingyuan

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Ritual and economy in metropolitan China, a global social science approach, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Guo Man and Feng Xingyuan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ritual and economy in metropolitan China

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1153317328

Responsibility statement

Carsten Herrmann-Pillath, Guo Man and Feng Xingyuan

Series statement

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia

Sub title

a global social science approach

Summary

This book focuses on Shenzhen, one of China's most globalized metropolises, a leading centre of high-tech industries and, as a melting pot of migrants from all over China, a place of vibrant cultural creativity. While in the early stages of Shenzhen's development this vibrant cultural creativity was associated with the resilience of traditional social structures in Shenzhen's migrant 'urban villages', today these structures undergird dynamic entrepreneurship and urban self-organization throughout Shenzhen, and have gradually merged with the formal structures of urban governance and politics. This book examines these developments, showing how important traditional social structures and traditional Chinese culture have been for China's economic modernization. The book goes on to draw out the implications of this for the future of Chinese culture and Chinese economic engagement in a globalized world. --, Provided by publisher

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