| Description |
xiii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 24. |
| Series |
Studies on China ; 22
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Studies on China ; 22.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-344) and index. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Consumers -- China.
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Consumers. |
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China. |
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Consumption (Economics) -- China.
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Consumption (Economics) |
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Consumer behavior -- China.
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Consumer behavior. |
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Consumers -- China.
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Consumer behavior -- China.
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Consumption (Economics) -- China.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Deborah, 1945-
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| ISBN |
0520216393 alkaline paper |
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0520216407 paperback . alkaline paper |
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