Eating rice from bamboo roots : the social history of a community of handicraft papermakers in rural Sichuan, 1920-2000 /
Based on a study of rural papermakers in Sichuan, China, between 1920 and 2000, this book traces the changes in the distribution of knowledge that led to a massive transfer of technical control fron villages to cities; from primary producers to managerial elites and from men to women.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Asia Center :
2009.
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| Series: | Harvard East Asian monographs ;
314. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
| Summary: | Based on a study of rural papermakers in Sichuan, China, between 1920 and 2000, this book traces the changes in the distribution of knowledge that led to a massive transfer of technical control fron villages to cities; from primary producers to managerial elites and from men to women. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 335 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-313) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674032880 (cl : alk. paper) 0674032888 (cl : alk. paper) |