Lala (lesbian) and gay communities in mainland China have emerged rapidly in the 21st century. Alongside new freedoms and modernizing reforms, and with mainstream media and society increasingly tolerant, lalas still experience immense family and social pressures to a degree that this book argues is deeply gendered. The first anthropological study to examine everyday lala lives,...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking work provides an original and deeply knowledgeable overview of Chinese women and gender relations during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912). Bret Hinsch explores in detail the central aspects of female life in this era, including family and marriage, motherhood, political power, work, inheritance, education, religious roles, and ethics. He considers not only women...(展开全部)

Based on in-depth ethnographic research - and using an approach that seeks to understand how migration is experienced by the migrants themselves - this is a fascinating study of the experiences of women in rural China who joined the vast migration to Beijing and other cities at the end of the twentieth century. It focuses on the experiences of rural-urban migrants, the particul...(展开全部)

Based on in-depth ethnographic research - and using an approach that seeks to understand how migration is experienced by the migrants themselves - this is a fascinating study of the experiences of women in rural China who joined the vast migration to Beijing and other cities at the end of the twentieth century. It focuses on the experiences of rural-urban migrants, the particul...(展开全部)

In China in recent years, one of the most dramatic and significant manifestations of modernization and globalization has been a massive increase in rural-to-urban migration. Termed the "floating population," and numbering upwards of 100 million, these rural migrants are at the front line of both domestic and global capitalist development, working for the lowest wages in occupat...(展开全部)

Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - ...(展开全部)

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美国华盛顿州立大学政治学博士，国际著名中国问题实证研究专家，现任美国爱达荷州立大学研究生院院长，威廉·博拉政治学教授。 长期从事比较政治学和中国政治的实证研究，尤其是在中国民意调查研究方面成就斐然。2009年受聘为教育部长江学者，上海交通大学讲座教授。 出版著作多部：《中国民众政治支持的测量与分析》（斯坦福大学出版社，2004）、《国家的盟友：私营企业家和中国的政治变迁》（哈佛大学出版社，2010），《见风使舵的民主派：中国的中产阶级》（牛津大学出版社，2011）.