ISBN:
0415421209
,
9780415421201
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 184 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge studies on China in transition
Parallel Title:
Print version Ethnicity and Urban Life in China : A Comparative Study of Hui Muslims and Han Chinese
DDC:
305.697095145
Keywords:
Muslims Social conditions 21st century
;
Lanzhou Shi (China) Ethnic relations 21st century
;
History
Abstract:
Using both qualitative and quantitative data derived from fieldwork in Lanzhou between 2001 and 2004, this much-needed work on ethnicity in Asia offers a major sociological analysis of Hui Muslims in contemporary China
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps and illustrations; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 New wine, old bottle; 2 Neighbors united, neighbors divided; 3 Sworn brotherhood or modern friendship?; 4 A lonely crowd or a network society?; 5 Finding a mate in a metropolis; 6 Who marries whom?; 7 "Match-door" marriages; 8 Family behavior; 9 Ethnicity and urban life in China; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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