ISBN:
9780804799034
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0804799032
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 342 Seiten
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Diagramme, Karten
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24 cm
Series Statement:
Studies in social inequality
Parallel Title:
Online version Chen, Shuang, 1977- author State-sponsored inequality
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als State-sponsored inequality
DDC:
305.5/1209518
Keywords:
Social stratification History 19th century
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Landowners History 19th century
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Land grants History 19th century
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Wealth History 19th century
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Social stratification History
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19th century
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China
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Manchuria
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Landowners History
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19th century
;
China
;
Manchuria
;
Land grants History
;
19th century
;
China
;
Manchuria
;
Wealth History
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19th century
;
China
;
Manchuria
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Land grants
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Landowners
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Qing Dynasty (China)
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Social conditions
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Social stratification
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Wealth
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Stratificazione sociale Sec. 19
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Manciuria
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Land grants
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Landowners
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Qing Dynasty (China)
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Social conditions
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Social stratification
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Wealth
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China
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Manchuria (China)
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History
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1644-1912
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Manchuria (China) Social conditions 19th century
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China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
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Manchuria (China) Social conditions
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19th century
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China History
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Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
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China
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China
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Manchuria
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Mandschurei
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Soziale Schichtung
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Soziale Ungleichheit
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Grundeigentum
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Wohlstand
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Geschichte 1810-1920
Abstract:
This book explores the social economic processes of inequality in nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century rural China. Drawing on uniquely rich source materials, Shuang Chen provides a comprehensive view of the creation of a social hierarchy wherein the state classified immigrants to the Chinese county of Shuangcheng into distinct categories, each associated with different land entitlements. The resulting patterns of wealth stratification and social hierarchy were then simultaneously challenged and reinforced by local people. The tensions built into the unequal land entitlements shaped the identities of immigrant groups, and this social hierarchy persisted even after the institution of unequal state entitlements was removed. State-Sponsored Inequality offers an in-depth understanding of the key factors that contribute to social stratification in agrarian societies. Moreover, it sheds light on the many parallels between the stratification system in nineteenth-century Shuangcheng and structural inequality in contemporary China
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Social formation under state domination in modern China : an introduction
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Clearing boundaries : the founding of Shuangcheng society
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Building boundaries : land allocation and population registration
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Consolidating power : banner government and local control
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Community and hierarchy : banner villages
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Reinventing hierarchy : metropolitan bannermen family strategies
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Sustaining hierarchy : wealth stratification
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Social formation in the early Republic
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