{"product_id":"drink-water-but-remember-the-source-9780520260955","title":"Drink Water but Remember the Source","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile many have studied China's rise as an economic power, China itself does not exist solely in the economic realm. This study explores the moral sphere as a key to understanding how rural Chinese experience and talk about their lives in a period of rapid economic transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Original and important contribution to the fast-growing literature on contemporary China ... Two thumbs up!\" Journal Of China Quarterly \"Commendable\" Chinese Historical Review \"Very well written, entertaining like a novel, but with an evident scholarly background.\" -- Dominique Tyl Chinese Cross Currents \"Stories ... are told with care and compassion, allowing Oxfeld to develop a nuanced analysis of moral discussions in rural China.\" Asia Pacific World \"Drink water is Oxfeld's insightful call to arms.\" Social Anthropology \"A significant contribution to the anthropology of morality.\" -- David A. Palmer The China Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations List of Tables Notes on the Text Preface and Acknowledgments  Part I. Morality in Rural China: Contexts and Categories  1. Moonshadow Pond: Moral Expectations and Daily Life 2. Liangxin  Part II. Moral Discourse in Social Life  3. Weighty Expectations: Women and Family Virtue 4. Everlasting Debts 5. The Moral Dilemmas of Return Visits 6. Property Rights and Wrongs 7. \"Money Causes Trouble\"  Conclusion: Ethnography and Morality  Notes Chinese Character Glossary References Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402840613207,"sku":"9780520260955","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520260955.jpg?v=1730481657","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/drink-water-but-remember-the-source-9780520260955","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}