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The World in Guangzhou - Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace (Hardcover)
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The World in Guangzhou - Africans and Other Foreigners in South China's Global Marketplace (Hardcover)
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Mere decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly
Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people
from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or
further their careers. A large number of those migrants are
small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods often
knock-offs or copies of high-end branded items to send back to
their home countries. In The World in Guangzhou, Gordon Mathews
explores the question of how the city became such a center of
"low-end" globalization and shows what we can learn from that
experience similar transformations elsewhere in the world. Through
detailed ethnographic portraits, Mathews reveals a world of
globalization based on informality, reputation, and trust rather
than on formal contracts. How, he asks, can such informal
relationships emerge between two groups Chinese and Sub-Saharan
Africans that don't share a common language, culture, or religion?
And what happens when Africans move beyond their status as
temporary residents and begin to put down roots and establish
families? Full of unforgettable characters, The World in Guangzhou
presents a compelling account of globalization at ground level and
offers a look into the future of urban life as transnational
connections continue to remake cities around the world.
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