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From Village to City: Social Transformation in a Chinese County Seat

By Andrew B. Kipnis

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2016
ISBN
9780520964273
DOI
10.1525/9780520964273
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9892456 bytes)
Pages
280\276
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 17:19:06

Description

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.

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