ISBN:
9780520964273
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (277 pages)
Parallel Title:
Kipnis, Andrew B., 1959 - From village to city
DDC:
307.760951/14
Keywords:
Zouping Xian (China)
;
Urbanization China
;
Zouping Xian
;
Zouping Xian (China)
;
Electronic books
;
Urbanization - China - Zouping Xian
;
Zouping Xian (China)
;
Urbanization
;
Kreis Zouping
;
Verstädterung
Abstract:
Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished town of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. FromVillage toCity paints a vivid portrait of the rapid changes in Zouping and its environs and in the lives of the once-rural people who live there. Despite the benefits of modernization and an improved standard of living for many of its residents, Zouping is far from a utopia; its inhabitants face new challenges and problems such as alienation, class formation and exclusion, and pollution. As he explores the city's transformation, Andrew B. Kipnis develops a new theory of urbanization in this compelling portrayal of an emerging metropolis and its people.
Abstract:
Cover -- From Village to City -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Recombinant Urbanization -- PART ONE TRANSFORMATIONS -- 2 Recombinant Planning -- 3 Recombinant Production -- 4 Recombinant Consumption -- 5 Recombinant Phantasmagoria -- PART TWO TRANSFORMERS TRANSFORMED -- 6 Between Farm and Factory: Migrant Workers from Nearby -- 7 Distant Homes or a New Life: Migrant Workers from Afar -- 8 Villagers-in-the-City: Time for Community -- 9 The Middle Classes in a Manufacturing Center -- 10 Youth between Factories and Services -- 11 Recombination Reconsidered -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520289703.001.0001
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