ThepersonalstoriesoftheGaovillagersdemonstrateandarerelatedtochangesinChina.
ThisisaclosestudyofGaoVillagetwentyyearsaftertheauthor,ananthropologistandnativeofGaovillage,wrotehisoriginalethnographyGaoVillage.Itcombinesethnographicanalysis,personalvignettes,andanumberoffascinatingstories,whichpresentsaconvincingyetcomplexpictureofhowGaovillagersinteractwiththeoutsideworld.Withhissympatheticandinsider’sapproach,theauthorarguesthatruralChinesedisplaygreatentrepreneurshipandinnerstrengthofself-improvement;theyareactivecontributorstoChina’seconomicboom.
