BOOKS - From Village to City: Social Transformation in a Chinese County Seat
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From Village to City: Social Transformation in a Chinese County Seat
Author: Andrew B. Kipnis
Year: March 1, 2016
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 9.5 MB
Language: English
Year: March 1, 2016
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 9.5 MB
Language: English
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. From V illage to City 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.