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Urban China in Transition
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Blackwell Pub
Publication date January 18, 2008
Pages 361
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781405161459
ISBN-10 1405161450
Dimensions 1 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.50 lbs.
Original list price $97.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China’s major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources.
  • Offers a multi-dimensional analysis of urban life in China
  • Highlights a diversity of trends in the areas of migration, criminal victimization, gated communities, and the status of women, suburbanization, and neighbourhood associations
  • Each chapter includes input from both an expert on urban life in China and an 'outside' expert from the fields of sociology, geography, economics, planning, political science, history, demography, architecture, or anthropology
  • An alternative theoretical perspective comparing the Chinese experience with other urban settings in the United States, Poland, Russia, Vietnam, East and South East Asia, and South America


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Hardcover
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from Blackwell Pub (January 18, 2008)
9781405161459 | details & prices | 361 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $97.95
About: Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China’s major cities.
Paperback
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from Blackwell Pub (January 18, 2008)
9781405161466 | details & prices | 361 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $41.95
About: Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China’s major cities.

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