From Village to City

Social Transformation in a Chinese County Seat

von Andrew B. Kipnis

276 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: University of California Press
• ISBN: 9780520289710
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 29.03.2016
• Größe: 229 x 151 mm
• Verlag: UCAL POD