Migration in China /

"Economic reform in China has led to migration of people within the world's most populous nation on a scale never before seen. Since China's new industrial revolution began in the late 1970s, there has been a flow of tens of millions (perhaps even hundreds of millions) of surplus rura...

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Other Authors: Bakken, Børge
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Copenhagen : NIAS, 1998.
Series:NIAS report (Copenhagen, Denmark : 1991) ; no. 31.
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Summary:"Economic reform in China has led to migration of people within the world's most populous nation on a scale never before seen. Since China's new industrial revolution began in the late 1970s, there has been a flow of tens of millions (perhaps even hundreds of millions) of surplus rural labourers and their families moving from rural to urban areas. This phenomenon has been described in terms of both a blessing for China's economic development and a threat against its social order. It is the aim of this short edited volume to look at the different aspects of internal Chinese migration. This will include a brief introduction to current research and pointers to the methodological traps and misunderstandings that can occur in the field."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:142 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:8787062577
ISSN:0904-597X ;