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China's Millennials : The Want Generation.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (269 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442248847
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: China's MillennialsDDC classification:
  • 305.20951
LOC classification:
  • HQ799.C5 F57 2015
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- I: Getting Educated -- 1 Boot Camp -- 2 The Test -- 3 The University -- 4 The Patriots -- II: Going to Work -- 5 Factory Town -- 6 The Ants -- 7 The Golden Rice Bowl -- 8 The Entrepreneurs -- III: Coping -- 9 The Leftovers -- 10 Eating Bitterness -- 11 Finding Faith -- IV: Pushing Back -- 12 The Social Activists -- 13 The Environmentalists -- 14 The Journalists -- 15 Generations -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Eric Fish provides compelling portraits of young Chinese as they struggle to cope with their country's wrenching socioeconomic and demographic transition after years of lofty expectations. He deftly captures their hopes, disillusionment, and rebellion in a system that is scrambling to keep them in line as they increasingly refuse to conform.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- I: Getting Educated -- 1 Boot Camp -- 2 The Test -- 3 The University -- 4 The Patriots -- II: Going to Work -- 5 Factory Town -- 6 The Ants -- 7 The Golden Rice Bowl -- 8 The Entrepreneurs -- III: Coping -- 9 The Leftovers -- 10 Eating Bitterness -- 11 Finding Faith -- IV: Pushing Back -- 12 The Social Activists -- 13 The Environmentalists -- 14 The Journalists -- 15 Generations -- Notes -- Index.

Eric Fish provides compelling portraits of young Chinese as they struggle to cope with their country's wrenching socioeconomic and demographic transition after years of lofty expectations. He deftly captures their hopes, disillusionment, and rebellion in a system that is scrambling to keep them in line as they increasingly refuse to conform.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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