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Drink water, but remember the source

Paperback • 2010 • English

Drink water, but remember the source: Moral discourse in a chinese village

By Ellen Oxfeld

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While many have studied China's recent rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. Ordinary Chinese still place intense value on moral obligations and the nature of the social ties that connect them to others. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in this period of rapid economic transformation. Ellen Oxfeld, who spent time in a village in southeast China's Guangdong Province...Show more

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9780520260955

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Drink water, but remember the source

Format

Paperback

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