From Village to City: Social Transformation in a Chinese County Seat

by Andrew B Kipnis

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520289714
• ISBN13: 9780520289710
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"