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The Specter of the People : Urban Poverty in Northeast China.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801467431
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Specter of the PeopleDDC classification:
  • 339.4/6095184
LOC classification:
  • HC428.H34
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. In Search of "the People" -- 2. Gambling on a New Home -- 3. On the Border between "the People" and "the Population" -- 4. The Will to Survive -- 5. Inclusive Exclusion -- 6. Dividing the Poor -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Cho analyzes the different experiences of poverty among laid-off urban workers and recent migrants, two groups that share a common economic duress in China's Rustbelt cities but who rarely unite as one class owed protection by the state.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. In Search of "the People" -- 2. Gambling on a New Home -- 3. On the Border between "the People" and "the Population" -- 4. The Will to Survive -- 5. Inclusive Exclusion -- 6. Dividing the Poor -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Cho analyzes the different experiences of poverty among laid-off urban workers and recent migrants, two groups that share a common economic duress in China's Rustbelt cities but who rarely unite as one class owed protection by the state.

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