From Village to City
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- From Village to City
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- List of Illustrations and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Recombinant Urbanization
- PART ONE TRANSFORMATIONS
- PART TWO TRANSFORMERS TRANSFORMED
- Notes
- References
- Index
