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- Examines the history of leisure in Chinese society.
- Considers the issue of leisure in Chinese society against the backdrop of the rapid rise of China’s economy.
- Argues that leisure can be formative and relevant to reform in China.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of Chinese Culture, Beijing, China
Huidi Ma
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Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China
Er Liu
About the authors
Ma Huidi is a Distinguished Researcher of Institute of Chinese Culture and was an Editorial Director and Senior Editor for Studies in Dialectics of Nature before 2006. She is a founder the Center of China Leisure Studies and elected fellow of American leisure Academy (2006) and World Leisure Academy (2010), as well as also a Board member of the research committee of international leisure sociology.
Liu Er holds a PhD in classical Chinese literature from Harbin Teachers’ University in China. He is currently a Professor of Chinese language and literature at Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Traditional Chinese Leisure Culture and Economic Development
Book Subtitle: A Conflict of Forces
Authors: Huidi Ma, Er Liu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59253-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59660-4Published: 06 April 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59253-8Published: 05 April 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 264
Topics: Asian Culture, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Asian Economics, Cultural Studies, Development Economics