章节目录
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
What This Book Is About
Impressions of Guangzhou
A Brief History of Foreigners in Guangzhou
Foreign Places in Guangzhou
How This Book’s Research Was Done
2 Foreigners in Guangzhou
“The Chinese Dream”: Stories of Eight Foreigners
Rich Foreigner, Poor Foreigner
Race and Money
Foreign Communities: Japanese and Nigerians
The Power of Rumor
Foreigners’ Attitudes toward China and Chinese
3 African-Chinese Relations
African Traders in Guangzhou: An Overview
Business Deception and Cheating
Quarrels between Africans and Chinese
Chinese Views of Africans
African Views of Chinese
4 Low-End Globalization
Low-End Globalization/High-End Globalization
How Low-End Globalization Works: Sourcing, Money, Copies, and Customs
Accounts of Low-End Globalization
Low-End Globalization’s Circuits
5 Legal-Illegal in Guangzhou
Two Paths, Legal and Illegal
Visa and Passport Worries, Jail and Deportation
Police
Accounts of Overstayers and Friends
6 Logistics Agents, Middlemen, and Cultural Brokers
Logistics Agents
Middleman
Cultural Brokers
Accounts of Logistics Agents, Middlemen, and Cultural Brokers
7 Religion in a Foreign World
“I Believe in God but Chinese Believe in Gold”
Islam in Comparison to Christianity
Christian Churches
Accounts of Religious Seekers
Religion: Implications
8 Romance, Love, Marriage, and Families: A Chinese Barack Obama?
“African Chinese”
The Travails of Chinese-African Romantic Relationships
Children
Accounts of Marriages
Conclusion: The Larger Significance of Africans in China
Notes
References
Index
内容简介
Mere decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of those migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods—often knock-offs or copies of high-end branded items—to send back to their home countries. In The World in Guangzhou, Gordon Mathews explores the question of how the city became such a center of "low-end" globalization and shows what we can learn from that experience similar transformations elsewhere in the world.
Through detailed ethnographic portraits, Mathews reveals a world of globalization based on informality, reputation, and trust rather than on formal contracts. How, he asks, can such informal relationships emerge between two groups—Chinese and Sub-Saharan Africans—that don't share a common language, culture, or religion? And what happens when Africans move beyond their status as temporary residents and begin to put down roots and establish families?
Full of unforgettable characters, The World in Guangzhou presents a compelling account of globalization at ground level and offers a look into the future of urban life as transnational connections continue to remake cities around the world.
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喜喜的评论作者还是麦高登，还是利用采访的手法调研了广州的小北和广元西路。仍旧是低端全球化，中国人和非洲人民的隔阂仍旧很深，这里有文化、宗教、种族的原因，从而引发出一系列的社会问题，但同时又是全球化不可避免的一环。
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荧光棒的评论风格深受这二三十年人类学的影响，并没有什么理论分析（很明显是不愿意），每一个话题下面基本都是详尽的经验呈现和研究对象的自我陈述，但也使得读到后面多少感到乏味——前文提到的事情在后面不断以另一种方式重现。却也因为书里所呈现的各种复杂力量的交织和来自不同文化背景的人在商业全球化中不可避免的互动，接受过合格人类学训练的人来到这种地方，研究问题/主题是会排着队送上门的。
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小葡萄的评论重庆大厦续篇，作者还是一如既往地单纯傻呼呼，但采访内容很有趣，作者对未来很乐观，尽管中国种族主义严重，极力阻止外国移民，但他认为中国一定会从ethnic国家变成civic国家，这是大国的必由之路。。。不管中国会怎么样，广州作为全球低端制造业中心确实在衰落，估计会让位给越南或印度的某个城市，广州的外国人又会搬去这些地方，终究只是昙花一现
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dawamesk的评论低端全球化中外国移民在广州的经验。没有任何学理分析，但是妙趣横生。
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Fugue的评论非常descriptive…
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菌的评论雖然小北三元里廣元西那一帶一不小心就會不知道走到哪裡去了，但是在商鋪和商鋪之間以及小巷與小巷之間看到這些生活在廣州的外國人以及觀察他們的交流還是很有意思的
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kokfai的评论We believe in God, Chinese only believe in gold.