From village to city : social transformation in a Chinese county seat / Andrew B. Kipnis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kipnis, Andrew B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--China--Zouping Xian.

Urbanization.

Zouping Xian (China).

China--Zouping Xian.

Physical Description:

xii, 263 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished village 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. From Village to City paints a vivid portrait of the rapid change of Zouping, its environs, and the lives of the once-rural people who live there. Despite its modernization and higher standards of living, Zouping is far from a utopia; its inhabitants face new challenges and problems such as alienation, class formation and exclusion, patriarchy, and pollution. To understand this transformation, Andrew B. Kipnis has developed a theory of urbanization, demonstrated in his compelling portrayal of an emerging metropolis and the hopes, fears, joys, and sorrows of the people who call it home"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Recombinant urbanization

Recombinant planning

Recombinant production

Recombinant consumption

Recombinant phantasmagoria

Between farm and factory : migrant workers from nearby

Distant homes or a new life : migrant workers from afar

Villagers-in-the-city : time for community

The middle classes in a manufacturing center

Youth between factories and services.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257) and index.

ISBN:

9780520289703

0520289706

9780520289710

0520289714

OCLC:

920672223