society and morality in the new Asian capitalisms /
[edited by] Robert W. Hefner.
Boulder, Colo. :
Westview Press,
1998.
vii, 328 pages ;
24 cm
"This book is the product of a dialogue that began with a conference at the Fairbanks Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University in October 1994 and then continued in meetings and correspondance for another two years. The 1994 conference was sponsored by the Joint Committees on Southeast Asia and China of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)"--Page vii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : society and morality in the new Asian capitalisms / Robert W. Hefner -- Culture and organization in Taiwan's market economy / Gary G. Hamilton -- Divided market cultures in China : gender, enterprise, and religion / Robert P. Weller -- Getting rich is not so glorious : contrasting perspectives on prosperity among Muslims and Han in China / Dru C. Gladney -- Business success among Southeast Asian Chinese : the role of culture, values, and social structures / Jamie Mackie -- Constituting capitalist culture : the Singapore Malay problem and entrepreneurship reconsidered / Tania Murray Li -- The "great transformation" among Negeri Sembilan Malays, with particular reference to Chinese and Minangkabau / Michael G. Peletz -- Women traders in Javanese marketplaces : ethnicity, gender, and the entrepreneurial spirit / Jennifer Alexander -- Markets and justice for Muslim Indonesians / Robert W. Hefner -- Contingent moralities : social and economic investment in a Philippine fishing town / David L. Szanton -- State stigma, family prestige, and the development of commerce in the Red River Delta of Vietnam / Shaun Kingsley Malarney --Engendered entrepreneurship : ideologies and political-economic transformation in a Northern Vietnamese center of ceramics production / Hy van Luong.
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"One of the most remarkable developments of our time has been the spectacular growth of capitalist enterprise among overseas Chinese and Southeast Asians. Market Cultures examines this event, not in terms of formal models and faceless abstractions, but in light of the institutions through which local people give meaning and moral value to business enterprise. The chapters show that some Chinese and Southeast Asians have welcomed new forms of enterprise and consumption, but others regard both with strong ethical reservations. Eschewing talk of a uniform Asian "miracle," this volume argues that Chinese and Southeast Asian societies had cultural precedents for and against market capitalism, reflecting subcultural heritages of religion, ethnicity, gender, and class." "Market Cultures will be of interest to anthropologists, sociologists, political economists, and students of Asian history and culture, as well as those concerned with the economic ascent of modern Asia and its implications for our world."--Jacket.
Market cultures.
Capitalism-- Moral and ethical aspects-- East Asia.