This wide-ranging collection of essays by leading sociologists on the new consumerism of post-economic-reform China is an important contribution to our understa
As China searches for a new identity, its people find themselves bombarded with countless consumer products and services from around the world. But what do they
This is an examination of the general pattern of China's household demand for a variety of consumer goods such as food, durables, housing and health care. It al
Exploring China's consumer revolution over the past three decades, this book shows a continuing cycle leading to excess supply and disappointing demand, at the
Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Under Mao Zedong, the state controlled nearly all aspects of what people consumed