Invisible China: How the Urban-Rural Divide Threatens China's Rise

by Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell

Book Overview

As the glittering skyline in Shanghai seemingly attests, China has quickly transformed itself from a place of stark poverty into a modern, urban, technologically savvy economic powerhouse. But as Scott Rozelle and Natalie Hell show in Invisible China, the truth is much more complicated and might be a serious cause for concern.

China's growth has relied heavily on unskilled labor. Most of the workers who have fueled the country's rise...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022673952X
• ISBN13: 9780226739526
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"