The consumer revolution in urban China / edited by Deborah S. Davis.

Other author Davis, Deborah, 1945-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxiii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24.
Subjects

SeriesStudies on China ; 22
Studies on China ; 22. ^A154677
Contents Revolution in consumption / Deborah S. Davis -- Inventing oasis : luxury housing advertisements and reconfiguring domestic space in Shanghai / David Fraser -- Commercializing childhood : parental purchases for Shanghai's only child / Deborah S. Davis and Julia S. Sensenbrenner -- What's in a dress? Brides in the Hui Quarter of Xi'an / Maris Gillette -- Revitalization of the marketplace : food markets of Nanjing / Ann Veeck -- To be relatively comfortable in an egalitarian society / Hanlong Lu -- Heart-to-heart, phone-to-phone : family values, sexuality, and the politics of Shanghai's advice hotlines / Kathleen Erwin -- Greeting cards in China : mixed language of connections and affections / Mary S. Erbaugh -- Of hamburger and social space : consuming McDonald's in Beijing / Yunxiang Yan -- Dancing through the market transition : disco and dance hall sociability in Shanghai / James Farrer -- Cultivating friendship through bowling in Shenzhen -- Gan Wang -- Cigarettes and domination in Chinese business networks : institutional change during the market transition / David L. Wank -- Public monuments and private pleasures in the parks of Nanjing : a tango in the ruins of the Ming emperor's palace / Richard Kraus -- Second liberation / Richard Madsen.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 323-344) and index.
LCCN 98043811
ISBN0520216393 (alk. paper)
ISBN0520216407 (pbk . : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HC430.C6 C66 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold