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dc.contributor.authorKaufmann, Lena
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-05T10:52:48Z
dc.date.available2021-03-05T10:52:48Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifierONIX_20210305_9789048552184_4
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47044
dc.description.abstractHow 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, this book 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNew Mobilities in Asia
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FP East Asia, Far East::1FPC Chinaen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigrationen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBC Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoplesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farmingen_US
dc.subject.otherChina
dc.subject.otherrural-urban migration
dc.subject.otherknowledge and skill
dc.subject.otherrice farming
dc.subject.othermigrant-left-behind nexus
dc.titleRural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.5117/9789048552184
oapen.relation.isPublishedBydd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a
oapen.relation.isFundedBy07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26*
oapen.collectionSwiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
oapen.collectionSwiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
oapen.imprintAmsterdam University Press
oapen.pages306
oapen.grant.number10BP12_199404
oapen.grant.programOpen Access Books
oapen.grant.projectRural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China


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