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The concrete dragon : China's urban revolution and what it means for the world / Thomas J. Campanella.
Fine Arts Library HT384.C6 C36 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campanella, Thomas J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--China.
- Urbanization.
- Architecture and society.
- China.
- Cities and towns--China.
- Cities and towns.
- Cities and towns--China--Growth.
- Growth.
- Rural-urban migration--China.
- Rural-urban migration.
- Architecture and society--China.
- Social change--China.
- Social change.
- Physical Description:
- 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The urbanism of ambition
- Thunder from the south
- Reclaiming Shanghai
- The politics of the past
- Capital improvements
- City of chai
- The country and the city
- Suburbanization and the mechanics of sprawl
- Driving the capitalist road
- Theme parks and the landscape of consumption
- Epilogue: China reinvents the city.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-325) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781568986272
- 1568986270
- OCLC:
- 156975322
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