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).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments

Recombinant Urbanization

Part One. Transformations

Part Two. Transformers Transformed

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520964273

0520964276

OCLC:

939963249