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Rural-urban migration and agro-technological change in post-reform China / Lena Kaufmann.
Lippincott Library HB2114.A3 K38 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaufmann, Lena, author.
- Series:
- New mobilities in Asia ; v.7.
- New mobilities in Asia
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rural-urban migration--China--Social aspect.
- Rural-urban migration.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Arguments and aims of the book
- Agriculture and migration
- From `migrant worlds' to `community of practice' worlds
- Knowledge, repertoire, and agency
- Accessing the rural-urban community of practice
- Structure of the book
- 1. How the Predicament Arose
- Modern agriculture in Anren County
- De-collectivization and marketization
- Abolition of the collective welfare system
- The new urban economy and increased migration
- 2. Rice Knowledge Systems in Transition
- Transformation of agricultural knowledge transmission
- Transformation of the repertoire of knowledge
- Agricultural deskilling and extended knowledge repertoires
- 3. Reference Models for Transmitting Knowledge
- Transmitting farming knowledge through proverbs
- Educating the masses
- Textualizing vernacular knowledge
- Negotiating knowledge and farmer-state relationships
- 4. Technological Choice in the Wake of Migration
- Tilling with power ploughs and oxen
- Harvesting with sickles and combine harvesters
- Choosing harvesting technologies
- Technological choice from a repertoire perspective
- 5. Land-Use Strategies
- Sustaining intensive rice farming
- De-intensifying rice farming
- More than linear, more than technical
- Conclusion: A Skill Perspective on Migration
- Agency beyond resistance
- Decision making beyond economic reasoning
- Technology beyond linear progress
- Migration beyond dichotomies
- Appendix
- I. Glossary
- II. Solar terms
- III. Song of the 24 Solar Terms
- IV. Examples of proverbs and encoded knowledge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9463729739
- 9789463729734
- OCLC:
- 1227383231
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