Cultural Change and Persistence: New Perspectives on DevelopmentW. Ascher, J. Heffron This book is about the ways that traditional cultural practices either change or persist in the face of social and economic development, whether the latter proceeds primarily from internal or external forces. |
Contents
2 Normative Considerations in Promoting Cultural Preservation or Change | |
Southern Traditionalism and American National Development | |
Analogies from Europe for the Pacific Basin | |
5 Are Cultural Tensions Cultural? Public Responses to Chinese Korean and Vietnamese Migration in the Russian Far East | |
6 Cultural Transition and Village Discourse in TwentiethCentury China | |
Change Resilience and Social Capital in Southwest China Minority Communities | |
Indian Identities in an Age of Globalization | |
Arts and Identity at the Turn of the Millennium | |
10 Global Citizenship Cultural Change and Education Policy in Japan and New Zealand | |
Continuity and Change | |
Intertwining Cultural Adaptation and Economic Development | |
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