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From collage to city

Paperback • 2016 • English

From collage to city: Social transformatoren in a chinese country seat

By Andrew B.

3 Ratings • 4.7 of 5

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Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished town of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. FromVillage toCity paints a vivid portrait of the rapid changes in Zouping and its environs and in the lives of the once-rural people who live there. Despite the benefits of modernization and an improved standard of living for many of its r...Show more

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9780520289710

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

From collage to city

Format

Paperback

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