Shanghai rising : state power and local transformations in a global megacity /

Shanghai rising : state power and local transformations in a global megacity /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
Description:	xxxv, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Globalization and community ; v. 15
Subject:	City and town life -- China -- Shanghai. City planning -- China -- Shanghai. Social change -- China -- Shanghai. Economic development -- China -- Shanghai. Globalization -- Political aspects -- China -- Shanghai. Globalization -- Social aspects -- China -- Shanghai. Cities and towns -- Growth -- Case studies. Cities and towns -- Growth. City and town life. City planning. Economic development. Economic history. Globalization -- Political aspects. Globalization -- Social aspects. Politics and government. Social change. Social conditions. Shanghai (China) -- Politics and government. Shanghai (China) -- Social conditions. Shanghai (China) -- Economic conditions. China -- Shanghai. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7778038

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Other authors / contributors:	Chen, Xiangming.
ISBN:	9780816654871 (hc : alk. paper) 0816654875 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816654888 (pb : alk. paper) 0816654883 (pb : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Summary:	This collection places Shanghai's unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of US cities, as well as with Asian megacities Singapore and Hong Kong, providing a nuanced account of how Shanghai's politics, economy, society, and space have been transformed by macro- and micro-level forces.
Physical Description:	xxxv, 267 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780816654871 0816654875 9780816654888 0816654883