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In Manchuria: A Village Called Wasteland and the Transformation of Rural China
By Meyer, Michael
- ISBN
- 9781620402863 9781620402870
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
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Reviewed on January 1, 2015 | Social Sciences
Journalist and travel writer Meyer (The Last Days of Old Beijing) turns his eye toward northeastern China, searching for traces of lost history and observing the breakneck pace of rural development in his wife's home village of Wasteland. Located in what was historically called Manchuria, Wasteland is caught up in China's shift away from family farming to a model dominated by large corporations. The author deftly illustrates h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
