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One Country, Two Societies: Rural-Urban Inequality in Contemporary China
By Martin K. Whyte (Editor), Jennifer Adams (Contribution by), Arianne Gaetano (Contribution by), Lei Guang (Contribution by), Björn Gustafsson (Contribution by), Emily Hannum (Contribution by), Hu Xiaojiang (Contribution by), Fanmin Kong (Contribution by), Li Limei (Contribution by), Li Shi (Contribution by), Li Si-ming (Contribution by), Hanchao Lu (Contribution by), Luo Chuliang (Contribution by), Rachel Murphy (Contribution by), Miguel Salazar (Contribution by), Terry Sicular (Contribution by), Fei-ling Wang (Contribution by), Wang Feng (Contribution by), Meiyan Wang (Contribution by), Winnie Yip (Contribution by), Yue Ximing (Contribution by), Jieh-min Wu (Contribution by)
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By Martin K. Whyte (Editor), Jennifer Adams (Contribution by), Arianne Gaetano (Contribution by), Lei Guang (Contribution by), Björn Gustafsson (Contribution by), Emily Hannum (Contribution by), Hu Xiaojiang (Contribution by), Fanmin Kong (Contribution by), Li Limei (Contribution by), Li Shi (Contribution by), Li Si-ming (Contribution by), Hanchao Lu (Contribution by), Luo Chuliang (Contribution by), Rachel Murphy (Contribution by), Miguel Salazar (Contribution by), Terry Sicular (Contribution by), Fei-ling Wang (Contribution by), Wang Feng (Contribution by), Meiyan Wang (Contribution by), Winnie Yip (Contribution by), Yue Ximing (Contribution by), Jieh-min Wu (Contribution by)
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This timely and important collection of original essays analyzes China’s foremost social cleavage: the rural–urban gap. It is now clear that the Chinese communist revolution, though professing dedication to an egalitarian society, in practice created a rural order akin to serfdom, in which 80 percent of the population was effectively bound to the land. China is still struggling with that legacy. The reforms of 1978 changed basic aspects of economic and social life in China’s villages and ci...