Cultural Change and Persistence : New Perspectives on Development (Paperback)

Cultural Change and Persistence in a Globalizing World: An Introduction; W.Ascher & J.M.Heffron Normative Considerations in Promoting Cultural Preservation or Change; W.Ascher 'Old Times There Are Not Forgotten': Southern Traditionalism and American National Development; J.M.Heffron Nationalism and the Politics of Language: Analogies from Europe for the Pacific Basin; J.C.Laursen Are Cultural Tensions 'Cultural'? Public Responses to Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Migration in the Russian Far East; M.Alexseev Cultural Transition and Village Discourse in Twentieth Century China; H.Li How Our Village Becomes 'Eco-cultural'? Change, Resilience, and Social Capital in Southwest China Minority Communities; Z.Yongming The Ramlila Project: Indian Identities in an Age of Globalization; N.Kumar Mexico, from Mestizo to Multicultural: Arts and Identity at the Turn of the Millennium; C.C.Chorba Global Citizenship, Cultural Change and Education Policy in Japan and New Zealand; L.Parmenter Culture and Law on the Durand Line: Antinomies of Continuity and Change; C.H.Norchi Conclusions: Intertwining Cultural Adaptation& Economic Development; W.Ascher & J.M.Heffron