| Urban Hunters: Dealing and Dreaming in Times of Transition Contributor(s): Hojer, Lars (Author), Pedersen, Morten Axel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300196113 ISBN-13: 9780300196115 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $66.33 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - Central Asia - History | Modern - 21st Century - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 306.095 |
| Series: Eurasia Past and Present |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.4" (1.20 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An ethnography of the Mongolian capital city of Ulaanbaatar during the nation's transition from socialism to a market-based economic system Urban Hunters is an ethnography of the Mongolian capital city, Ulaanbaatar, during the nation's transition from socialism to a market-based economic system. Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991, Mongolia entered a period of economic chaos characterized by wild inflation, disappearing banks, and closing farms, factories, and schools. During this time of widespread poverty, a generation of young adults came of age. In exploring the social, cultural, and existential ramifications of a transition that has become permanent and acquired a logic of its own, Lars H jer and Morten Axel Pedersen present a new theorization of social agency in postsocialist as well as postcolonial contexts. |