Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China

How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value....

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Hlavní autor:	Kaufmann, Lena
Médium:	E-kniha
Jazyk:	angličtina
Vydáno:	Oxford Routledge 2021 Taylor & Francis
Vydání:	1
Edice:	New Mobilities in Asia
Témata:	china Ethnic studies Interdisciplinary studies knowledge and skill migrant-left-behind nexus Migration, immigration and emigration Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects Regional / International studies rice farming rural-urban migration Social and ethical issues Social groups, communities and identities Society and culture: general Society and Social Sciences Sociology Sociology and anthropology rural-urban migration knowledge and skill china rice farming migrant-left-behind nexus
ISBN:	9781041185673, 1041185677, 9463729739, 9789463729734, 9781040798584, 1003703194, 9781040772645, 1040772641, 1040798586, 9781003703198
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Shrnutí:	How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and written sources, Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China describes farming households' strategic solutions to this predicament. It shows how, in light of rural-urban migration and agro-technological change, they manage to sustain both migration and farming. It innovatively conceives rural households as part of a larger farming community of practice that spans both staying and migrating household members and their material world. Focusing on one exemplary resource - paddy fields - it argues that socio-technical resources are key factors in understanding migration flows and migrant-home relations. Overall, this book provides rare insights into the rural side of migration and farmers' knowledge and agency.
ISBN:	9781041185673 1041185677 9463729739 9789463729734 9781040798584 1003703194 9781040772645 1040772641 1040798586 9781003703198
DOI:	10.5117/9789463729734