Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China
How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value....
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| description | How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and written sources, Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China describes farming households' strategic solutions to this predicament. It shows how, in light of rural-urban migration and agro-technological change, they manage to sustain both migration and farming. It innovatively conceives rural households as part of a larger farming community of practice that spans both staying and migrating household members and their material world. Focusing on one exemplary resource - paddy fields - it argues that socio-technical resources are key factors in understanding migration flows and migrant-home relations. Overall, this book provides rare insights into the rural side of migration and farmers' knowledge and agency. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1684822025-10-24T05:07:13Z Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China Kaufmann, Lena china rural-urban migration knowledge and skill rice farming migrant-left-behind nexus thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies How do rural Chinese households deal with the conflicting pressures of migrating into cities to work as well as staying at home to preserve their fields? This is particularly challenging for rice farmers, because paddy fields have to be cultivated continuously to retain their soil quality and value. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and written sources, Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China describes farming households' strategic solutions to this predicament. It shows how, in light of rural-urban migration and agro-technological change, they manage to sustain both migration and farming. It innovatively conceives rural households as part of a larger farming community of practice that spans both staying and migrating household members and their material world. Focusing on one exemplary resource - paddy fields - it argues that socio-technical resources are key factors in understanding migration flows and migrant-home relations. Overall, this book provides rare insights into the rural side of migration and farmers' knowledge and agency. 2025-10-24T05:07:12Z 2025-10-24T05:07:12Z 2025-10-23T08:31:32Z 2025 book ONIX_20251023T102741_9781040798584_16 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/107819 9781040798584 9789463729734 9781003703198 9781041185673 9781040772645 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/168482 eng New Mobilities in Asia open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/107819/1/9781040798584.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.5117/9789463729734 10.5117/9789463729734 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040798584 9789463729734 9781003703198 9781041185673 9781040772645 Routledge 306 Oxford open access |
| spellingShingle | china rural-urban migration knowledge and skill rice farming migrant-left-behind nexus thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies Kaufmann, Lena Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China |
| title | Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China |
| title_full | Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China |
| title_fullStr | Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China |
| title_short | Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China |
| title_sort | rural urban migration and agro technological change in post reform china |
| topic | china rural-urban migration knowledge and skill rice farming migrant-left-behind nexus thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies |
| topic_facet | china rural-urban migration knowledge and skill rice farming migrant-left-behind nexus thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTM Regional / International studies thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHB Sociology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies |
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