The meanings of capitalism : Chinese bankers in post-1997 Hong Kong
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation aims to understand the meanings of capitalism among Chinese bankers in post-1997 Hong Kong. I found that Chinese bankers of Mainland and Hong Kong backgrounds articulate capitalist meanings in different ways, both in relation to work and everyday life, and to more abstract notions such as the relationships between the government and society. In addition to making these generalizations, this dissertation also portrays the wide spectrum of capitalist meanings that are in circulation among Chinese bankers in Hong Kong. By describing the meanings of capitalism, and also by exploring the cultural and historical specificities of these meanings, this dissertation aims to addressing a gap in scholarly literature: that most studies of capitalism focus on what capitalism is, rather than what it means.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Zhang, Hantian |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Anthropology. |
| Primary advisor | Luhrmann, T. M. (Tanya M.), 1959- |
| Thesis advisor | Luhrmann, T. M. (Tanya M.), 1959- |
| Thesis advisor | Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George), 1953- |
| Thesis advisor | Yanagisako, Sylvia Junko, 1945- |
| Advisor | Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George), 1953- |
| Advisor | Yanagisako, Sylvia Junko, 1945- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Hantian Zhang. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Anthropology. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Hantian Zhang
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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