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Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: Sound and Performance from the 1920s to the Present

Contributor(s): Yang, Mayfair Mei-Hui (Author)

ISBN: 9780801423437

Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Pub Date: August 16, 1994

Dewey: 302.50951

LCCN: 94-2653

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: 18 to UP

Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.61 lbs) 384 pages

Series: The Wilder House Politics, History and Culture

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Description:

An elaborate and pervasive set of practices, called guanxi, underlies everyday social relationships in contemporary China. Obtaining and changing job assignments, buying certain foods and consumer items, getting into good hospitals, buying train...

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I heartily recommend this book. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the meaning of social relationships in Chinese society.

--Gary G. Hamilton "American Journal of Sociology"

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