Webber, Michael. <br/><br/>
Making capitalism in rural China  [electronic resource] / 
Michael Webber. 
 - Cheltenham, U.K. :  Edward Elgar,  2012. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 324 p.) :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Development is not a dinner party -- 2. Rich Wang's village : marketing the dairy economy -- 3. Buying out collectives and farms -- 4. 'We never forcibly evict anybody, except those who refuse to move' -- 5. 'May God bless our injured land ...' -- 6. Water wallies -- 7. 'The miracle of creation' -- 8. Ethnicity, poverty, migration -- 9. Development is the irrefutable fact. 
<br/><br/> This stimulating and challenging book explores the duplicitous nature of development in China. On the positive side, it brings longer and healthier lives; fewer children dead before they are five years old; more comfort and security from famine and disaster; more education; more communication; more travel; less war. But from another, darker perspective, development brings violence to some people--those who are in the way of the new things, those who cannot adapt to the new ways--and it threatens old knowledges, habits and societies as it disrupts old power structures. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780857934109 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011932937 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capitalism--China.<br/>Rural industries--China.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Rural conditions.<br/>China--Economic policy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB501  / .W43 2012