Farewell to Peasant China

Chinese urbanization, including the daily life, migration strategies, and life choices of villagers and townspeople, is the focus of this study by Chinese and North American scholars. The study looks at the urbanization process and the vitality of post-reform Chinese society. Foreword: The End of Peasantry Part I. Introduction 1. The Anthropology of Rural Urbanization in China Part II. Urbanizing China 2. On Rural Urbanization in China 3. Desakotas and Beyond: Urbanization in Southern China Part III. Regional Patterns 4. Rural Urbanization in Guangdong's Pearl River Delta 5. One Model of Chinese Urbanization: The Urbanization Process in Xiamen City's Caitang Village 6. Rural Urbanization on the Liaodong Peninsula: A Village, a Town, and a Nongmin Cheng 7. Rural Urbanization in China's Tibetan Region: Duilongdeqing County as a Typical Example Part IV. Social Dimensions of Rural Urbanization 8. An Investigative Report on the Migrant Population of Caitang Village, Xiamen Special Economic Zone 9. Investigation and Analysis of Migrant Odd-Job Workers in Guangzhou 10. Rural Development and Social Security Part V. Conclusion 11. Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics