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Golden Goose - The Story of a Peasant Family in Western China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Golden Goose - The Story of a Peasant Family in Western China (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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This book offers an intimate and personal look at what China's
poverty alleviation has meant for individuals. The dramatic
progress in reducing poverty in China over the past three decades
is well known. According to the World Bank, more than 500 million
people were lifted out of extreme poverty as China's poverty rate
fell from 88 percent in 1981 to 6.5 percent in 2012. Behind this
statistic are the millions of families in rural China who have
moved from extreme poverty to a more comfortable way of life in
modern China. This is the story of four generations of one such
family. Grandma Zhen and her eight children have faced the hardship
of war, the great famine of 1958-1960, the Cultural Revolution of
1967-1977 and Opening-up and Reform. They have had to adjust to a
rapidly changing culture that has affected all aspects of their
lives, including marriage, the one-child policy, and education.
Through incredible endurance and hard work, they have not only
survived, but thrived. This book will be of value to
anthropologists, developmental economists, sinophiles, and more.
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