The New Middle Class in China: Consumption, Politics and the Market Economy

By Eileen Yuk-Ha Tsang

Book Overview

Based on interviews with entrepreneurs, professionals and regional party cadres' from a range of age groups, this book argues that Western class categories do not directly apply to China and that the Chinese new middle class is distinguished more by socio-cultural than by economic factors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349346454
• ISBN13: 9781349346455
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"