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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew B. KipnisPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780520289703ISBN 10: 0520289706 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 29 March 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a terrific book; one that should be on the shelves of every scholar interested in China's rapid social transformation. * China Quarterly * From Village to City is a refreshing change from the majority of studies of Chinese cities, which are still focused on large metropolises. Moreover, the theoretical insights are a valuable contribution to understanding how Chinese urbanization, unprecedented around the world in its scale and speed, incorporates and reworks historical tradition, rather than simply obliterating it. * Journal of Asian Studies * Kipnis successfully engages with how despair, hope, expectations and bitterness shape the lives of his interlocutors in Zouping and how these conditions unfold within the processes of spatial transformation. * New Books Asia * Kipnis successfully engages with how despair, hope, expectations and bitterness shape the lives of his interlocutors in Zouping and how these conditions unfold within the processes of spatial transformation. * New Books Asia * Kipnis successfully engages with how despair, hope, expectations and bitterness shape the lives of his interlocutors in Zouping and how these conditions unfold within the processes of spatial transformation. --New Books Asia This is a terrific book; one that should be on the shelves of every scholar interested in China's rapid social transformation. --China Quarterly From Village to City is a refreshing change from the majority of studies of Chinese cities, which are still focused on large metropolises. Moreover, the theoretical insights are a valuable contribution to understanding how Chinese urbanization, unprecedented around the world in its scale and speed, incorporates and reworks historical tradition, rather than simply obliterating it. --Journal of Asian Studies Author InformationAndrew B. Kipnis is Professor of Anthropology in the School of Culture, History and Language of the College of Asia and the Pacific at The Australian National University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |