Contemporary Social and Cultural Changes in Rural Northern Zhejiang

Author: Zhang Letai
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Publish Date: 2001-12-01
Features: A nation with a glorious history and great culture has faced unprecedented changes in the past century. People in this period are troubled by the debate over the past and the present, the East and the West, yet they also seek a path for the nation within this debate. As a result, there have been successive ideological trends and social reforms. This process reflects the historical evolution from the Middle Ages to the modern era. This evolution has been driven by pressure; under pressure, there is no leisure. Each generation leaves behind simplification andity due to its urgency and confusion, but each generation also advances modernization through its efforts—thus, we hear the echoes of five thousand years of history stirring in the metabolism.