Urban China in transition /
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| Imprint: | Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub. Ltd., 2008. |
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| Description: | xv, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in urban and social change |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6674787 |
| Summary: | Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Offers a multi-dimensional analysis of urban life in China Highlights a diversity of trends in the areas of migration, criminal victimization, gated communities, and the status of women, suburbanization, and neighbourhood associations Each chapter includes input from both an expert on urban life in China and an 'outside' expert from the fields of sociology, geography, economics, planning, political science, history, demography, architecture, or anthropology An alternative theoretical perspective comparing the Chinese experience with other urban settings in the United States, Poland, Russia, Vietnam, East and South East Asia, and South America |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781405161459 1405161450 9781405161466 1405161469 |
