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Farmers' Economic Life, Peach Village Economy - The Background Of Globalization

Posted on:2011-12-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J X CaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2207360308980463Subject:Anthropology
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Since the reform and opening up, China has achieved unprecedented economic success. But the full realization of a harmonious society in China, the grand goal, still had to face a problem. It is the "three rural" issues, that is, the problem of rural modernization. Therefore the systematic study of the industrial revolution in the rural area will become very important. Peach village is typical. The main purpose of this article is a preliminary discussion on this.Peach village as iron ore-rich area, with the rapidly development and prosperity of mining, steel industry in the nearly 10 years, catch the last bus of rural industrialization. Quality of life of the villagers has been greatly improved. way of life, great changes have taken place. The traditional life of the peasants began to gradually fade. urban lifestyle and modern facilities have started a popular process. In the entire county, the Peach village is typical rural area of becoming rich from poor because the iron ore resources. There are many things worth learning and reflection on its development and changing process.The economic anthropology theories and methods is the main starting point, supplemented by of the modern view about the peasant of peasant economics. Concerned about diachronic change of the economic life of the rural area, we can understand the structure, meaning and reason of present situation better. From macroeconomic background of the global market economy, some behavioral changes of the rural community are often from the pressures of this system. Since the reform and opening up, the rural economy study about the impact of modernization to the traditional rural social and cultural life is relatively weak, and that is the expertise of cultural anthropology being good at the studies of culture.The article describes the economic activities, and the social, cultural and policy background of economic behaviors. First, I examine the geographic resources and economic development of the county and township of the Peach village, then describe the village's geographic resources and family values. These are the background of this article. This article describes and analysis comprehensively the economic activities of production, exchange and circulation, and consumption of the economic life. Production activities include industrial economy, traditional agriculture and the rise of the service with industrial development. The study of fields of exchange and circulation include markets, the new barter and the reciprocity. About consumption, I study the daily goods, housing, marriage, education spending and the daily gifts.We can see how the global market economy does impact the economic activities of the small village of Peach Village. The changes of the system will directly relate to the economic income of villagers and quality of life. It is not difficult to see that the rural area is on the marginal station in the system of world market. As the impact of industrialization and market economy, the village has being undergone significant social change. But on the other hand, we should see the adaptive and multi-directions of changes caused by the local culture. Finally, from the theoretical perspectives of the global economic system and the political economic school, the article explores the road of modernization of the traditional peasants in developing countries.
Keywords/Search Tags:peasant, peasant economy, industrialization, modernization, globalization
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