{"product_id":"from-village-to-city-9780520289703","title":"From Village to City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFrom Village to City\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a terrific book; one that should be on the shelves of every scholar interested in China’s rapid social transformation.\" * China Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\"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 *","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742255219031,"sku":"9780520289703","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520289703.jpg?v=1758383785","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-village-to-city-9780520289703","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}