Primitive accumulation in modern China

Dialectical Anthropology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-320

  Webber, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capital; China; Class; Development; Dispossession; Workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349254979     PISSN: 03044092     EISSN: 15730786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10624-008-9039-8     Document Type: Article

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