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Anxious Wealth : Money and Morality Among China's New Rich.

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Who exactly are China's new rich? This pioneering investigation introduces readers to the private lives-and the nightlives-of the powerful entrepreneurs and managers redefining success and status in the city of Chengdu. Over the course of more than three years, anthropologist John Osburg accomp...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Osburg, John
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Rich people > China > Chengdu.
Businessmen > China > Chengdu.
Elite (Social sciences) > China > Chengdu.
Social networks > China > Chengdu.
Sex role > China > Chengdu.
Entrepreneurship > Sex differences > China > Chengdu.
Chengdu (China) > Social life and customs.
Chengdu (China) > Moral conditions.
Businessmen.
Elite (Social sciences)
Manners and customs.
Moral conditions.
Rich people.
Sex role.
Social networks.
China > Chengdu.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. "Entertaining Is My Job": Masculinity, Sexuality, and Alliances Among Chengdu's Entrepreneurs; 3. "Relationships Are the Law": Elite Networks and Corruption in Contemporary China; 4. From Fruit Plates to License Plates: Consumption, Status, and Recognition Among Chengdu's Elite; 5. Women Entrepreneurs and the "Beauty Economy": Sexuality, Morality, and Wealth; 6. Conclusion: Elite Networks and Public Morality; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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