The Artisans and Entrepreneurs of Dongyang County: Economic Reform and Flexible Production in China

by Terry L Cooper, Yinhuo Jiang

Overview

The book represents a continuation of research begun by Cooper in Hong Kong in the early 1970s among expatriate artisan furniture makers and woodcarvers from Dongyang County, Zhejiang Province. He now sets out to investigate the fate of the same craft in the hands of the same folk under totally different socio-economic conditions in their native county in communist People's Republic of China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765603227
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/1999
Series:	Studies on Contemporary China
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Terry L Cooper, Yinhuo Jiang

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Dongyang County 3 2. Traditional Woodcarving and Its Revolutionary Transformation-The First Transition of Tradition 3. Xia Qi Tan Village 4. Li Tang Village 5. Guo Zhai Town 6. Heng Dian Town 7. The Dongyang Woodcarving Factory and Economic Reform-The Second Transition of Tradition 8. Conclusion-Flexible Production in Dongyang?