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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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