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Book SynopsisBetween 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished town to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. This book focuses on the rapid changes in Zouping, its environs and in the lives of the once-rural people who live there.
Trade Review"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 *
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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 *
"This is a terrific book; one that should be on the shelves of every scholar interested in China’s rapid social transformation." * China Quarterly *
"Stands out as a must-read text in the anthropology of China and urban studies. . . . Ideal for use in undergraduate classes in anthropology, East Asian studies, and urban studies." * Anthropological Quarterly *
