Looking for Chengdu A Woman's Adventures in China

Name: Looking for Chengdu A Woman's Adventures in China
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ISBN: 9780801436468

ISBN-10: 080143646X

ISBN-13: 9780801436468

Edition: 1999

Authors: Hill Gates

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In the 1980s, anthropologist Hill Gates set out on an excursion to Sichuan Province, the first of many visits she would make to gain a deeper understanding of Chinese women. This is her memoir of her travels into Chinese society.

Book details

List price: $52.50
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 11/4/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Preface



Facing China


December 1987 - January 1988 Guangzhou, Wuzhou, Liuzhou, Kunming, Yunnan, The Burma Road, Lijiang, Dali, Chengdu



A Journey to the West



Mr. Su's Hometown



Eternal Spring



Competing with Mrs. Bishop


September - December 1988 Chengdu, West Sichuan, Jiu Zhai Gou, Hongyuan, Chengdu



To Work



Ambient Atmospheres



Paying Calls



R and R in a Van



Yak Heaven



In Golden Cow



Getting It Wholesale



Weighing the Harvest



Finishing Touches


June 1989 - November 1991 Stanford, Chengdu, Xiamen, Cambridge, Mt. Pleasant, Nankang, Chengdu, Ming Shan, Chengdu



Tiananmen in Chengdu



Finding My Feet



Roadwork



Still Looking


November 1996 Shanghai, Chengdu



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