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Beijing from below : stories of marginal lives in the capital's center / Harriet Evans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Harriet, author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban poor--China--Beijing--Social conditions.
- Urban poor.
- Marginality, Social--China--Beijing.
- Marginality, Social.
- Urbanization--China--Beijing.
- Urbanization.
- Economic development--China--Beijing.
- Economic development.
- Neighborhoods--China--Beijing--History--21st century.
- Neighborhoods.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- Beijing (China)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Beijing (China).
- Beijing (China)--Economic conditions--21st century.
- China--Beijing.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 266 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- "Harriet Evans tells the history of the residents in Dashalar--now redeveloped and gentrified but once one of the Beijing's poorest neighborhoods--to show how their experiences complicate official state narratives of Chinese economic development and progress."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Dashalar
- Old Mrs. Gao
- Interlude 1
- Zhao Yong
- Interlude 2
- Hua Meiling
- Interlude 3
- Li Fuying
- Interlude 4
- Zhang Huiming
- Interlude 5
- Jia Yong
- Interlude 6.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Evans, Harriet. Beijing from below.
- ISBN:
- 9781478009184
- 1478009187
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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