Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China / Lena Kaufmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kaufmann, Lena, Author.

Series:

New Mobilities in Asia

New Mobilities in Asia ; 7

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam University Press 2021

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and written sources, this book describes farming households' strategic solutions to this predicament. It shows how, in light of rural-urban migration and agro-technological change, they manage to sustain both migration and farming. It innovatively conceives rural households as part of a larger farming community of practice that spans both staying and migrating household members and their material world. Focusing on one exemplary resource - paddy fields - it argues that socio-technical resources are key factors in understanding migration flows and migrant-home relations. Overall, this book provides rare insights into the rural side of migration and farmers' knowledge and agency.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. How the Predicament Arose

2. Rice Knowledge Systems in Transition

3. Reference Models for Transmitting Knowledge

4. Technological Choice in the Wake of Migration

5. Land-Use Strategies

Conclusion: A Skill Perspective on Migration

Appendix

References

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

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ISBN:

1-003-70319-4

90-485-5218-4

9781003703198

OCLC:

1242871707