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008			120119s2012 ctuab b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012000174
020			_a9780300169249 (hardback)
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050	1	4	_a408 DS 796 _bL557e 2012
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100	1		_aLemos, Gerard.
245	1	4	_aThe end of the Chinese dream : _bwhy Chinese people fear the future / _cGerard Lemos.
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c2012.
300			_aix, 301 p. : _bill, map ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [286]-292) and index.
505			_aGetting nowhere in China -- Chongqing -- Chaos, reform and inequality -- The wish tree -- The Chinese dream -- Unhappy families -- Educational pressure, hope and despair -- Failing health -- Lifelong financial insecurity -- Exodus from the suffering land -- Losers and their losses -- Trauma without recovery -- The power of the powerless -- Plutocrats in the leviathan -- Afterword: What next for China?
520			_a"Glossy television images of happy, industrious, and increasingly prosperous workers show a bright view of life in twenty-first-century China. But behind the officially approved story is a different reality. Preparing this book Gerard Lemos asked hundreds of Chinese men and women living in Chongqing, an industrial mega-city, about their wishes and fears. The lives they describe expose the myth of China's harmonious society. Hundreds of millions of everyday people in China are beleaguered by immense social and health problems as well as personal, family, and financial anxieties--while they watch their communities and traditions being destroyed.Lemos investigates a China beyond the foreigners' beaten track. This is a revealing account of the thoughts and feelings of Chinese people regarding all facets of their lives, from education to health care, unemployment to old age, politics to wealth. Taken together, the stories of these men and women bring to light a broken society, one whose people are frustrated, angry, sad, and often fearful about the circumstances of their lives. The author considers the implications of these findings and analyzes how China's community and social problems threaten the ambitious nation's hopes for a prosperous and cohesive future. Lemos explains why protests will continue and a divided and self-serving leadership will not make people's dreams come true"-- _cProvided by publisher.
651		4	_aChina _xHistoria.
651		4	_aChina _xVida social y costumbres.
651		4	_aChina _yPolítica y gobierno.
651		0	_aChongqing (China) _xSocial conditions _y21st century.
651		0	_aChongqing (China) _xSocial life and customs _y21st century.
650		0	_aSocial change _zChina _zChongqing.
650		0	_aSocial stability _zChina _zChongqing.
650		0	_aNational characteristics, Chinese.
650		4	_aPrimera Jornada de Catalogación.
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