Shanghai Rising: State Power and Local Transformations in a Global Megacity Volume 15

by Xiangming Chen

Analyzing a Chinese city's dazzling rise to global megacity status

Until around 1990, Shanghai was China's premier but sluggish industrial center. Now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the joint impact of global forces and state power has turned Shanghai into a dynamic megacity. Shanghai's remarkable growth in economy, infrastructure, and global presence has prompted questions about the Shanghai "miracle." This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816654883
• ISBN13: 9780816654888
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"