{"product_id":"suburban-beijing-9780816665877","title":"Suburban Beijing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding the effects of market liberalization through life in a modern Chinese suburb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSuburban Beijing\u003c\/i\u003e offers a timely, vivid, and fresh account and a thoughtful analysis of urban housing in China. Friederike Fleischer, a perceptive and careful researcher, draws on firsthand observations, with informative reviews of literature, history, and geography, skillfully weaving a contemporary portrait in both history and location.\" —Feng Wang, author of \u003ci\u003eBoundaries and Categories: Rising Inequality in Post-Socialist Urban China \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Transforming Suburban Life in China\u003cbr\u003e 1. A History of Wangjing: Building the Suburban Industrial Zone\u003cbr\u003e 2. Reforming the State Sector, Opening the Private Sector: Changing the Suburban Experience\u003cbr\u003e 3. Daily Life in Wangjing: From Exclusive Highrise to Crumbling Compound\u003cbr\u003e 4. Socio-economic Differences: Emerging Market Forces, Diverging Values\u003cbr\u003e 5. Consumption and the Geography of Space and Social Status\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Social Stratification, Consumption, and Housing\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Field Sites and Methods\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Beijing Households and Population Year 2000\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: 2000 Annual Cash Income Per Capita of 1000 Beijing Urban Households\u003cbr\u003e Appendix D: Sample Living Conditions of 15 Interviewees in the Hong Yuan Compound\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405963305303,"sku":"9780816665877","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816665877.jpg?v=1730494063","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/suburban-beijing-9780816665877","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}