The Emergence of a New Urban China: Insiders' Perspectives

by Cheng Chen, Steven Messner, Youqin Huang, et al.

Book Overview

This book provides first-hand, insiders' perspectives on urban issues in China, aiming to provide a theoretically informed and empirically rich discussion of the new social landscape of contemporary urban China. Focusing on, but not limiting its scope to southern China, this volume's rich ethnographic research and advanced survey-based quantitative analysis will appeal to students of urban issues in contemporary China, as well as the broader scholarly communities of area studies, urban studies, and urban sociology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739170112
• ISBN13: 9780739170113
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher