| Description |
ix, 449 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Woodrow Wilson Center series |
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Woodrow Wilson Center series.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction: Urban China / Deborah S. Davis -- Pt. I. Urban Space -- Introduction / Barry Naughton. 2. Urban transformation in post-Mao China: impacts of the reform era on China's urban form / Piper Rae Gaubatz. 3. Cities in the Chinese economic system: changing roles and conditions for autonomy / Barry Naughton. 4. State sprawl: the regulatory state and social life in a small Chinese city / Vivienne Shue. 5. The floating population in the cities: chances for assimilation? / Dorothy J. Solmger -- Pt. II. Urban Culture and Identities -- Introduction / Richard Kraus. 6. The politics of private time: changing leisure patterns in urban China / Shaoguang Wang. 7. China's artists between plan and market / Richard Kraus. 8. Velvet prisons and the political economy of Chinese filmmaking / Paul G. Pickowicz. 9. The avant-garde's challenge to official art / Julia F. Andrews and Gao Minglu. 10. The disintegration of the poetic "Berlin Wall" / Su Wei and Wendy Larson |
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Pt. III. Urban Associations -- Introduction / Elizabeth J. Perry. 11. Labor's battle for political space: the role of worker associations in contemporary China / Elizabeth J. Perry. 12. Dissident and liberal legal scholars and organizations in Beijing and the Chinese state in the 1980s / Mark Sidel. 13. Urban spaces and experiences of qigong / Nancy N. Chen. 14. Student associations and mass movements / Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom and Liu Xinyong. 15. Conclusion: Historical perspectives / David Strand |
| Summary |
The post-Mao urban reforms of the past decade have physically and psychologically transformed China's cities. Urban Spaces in Contemporary China explores how the character of city life changed after political and economic restructuring intensified in 1984, and how this change affected the creation of new physical, economic, and cultural spaces in urban China. The book focuses on the impact of increased commercialization and reduced state power on associations, economics, government, and creativity in urban areas. The authors draw from a wide range of backgrounds, including anthropology, economics, comparative literature, art history, law, political science, and sociology, and all have lived and worked in a Chinese city for an extended time in the late 1980s or early 1990s. Each brings personal insights to dimensions of Chinese urban life that are often misunderstood: China's large "floating populations," avant-garde art, labor movements, and leisure |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Bill Brugger collection copy Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by Penny Miller in memory of Bill Brugger |
| Subject |
Cities and towns -- China.
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City and town life -- China.
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Urbanization -- China.
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| Author |
Davis, Deborah, 1945-
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| LC no. |
94041879 |
| ISBN |
0521474108 |
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0521479436 |
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