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.
Author: Andrew B. Kipnis
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/29/2016
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520289710
ISBN10: 0520289714
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- History | Asia | China
Author: Andrew B. Kipnis
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/29/2016
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780520289710
ISBN10: 0520289714
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Sociology | Urban
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- History | Asia | China
About the Author
Andrew B. Kipnis is Professor of Anthropology in the School of Culture, History and Language of the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University.