Shanghai Rising: State Power and Local Transformations in a Global Megacity - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0816654883 ISBN 13 : 9780816654888

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2009

Synopsis

Analyzing a Chinese city's dazzling rise to global megacity status

Until around 1990, Shanghai was China's premier but sluggish industrial center. Now at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the joint impact of global forces and state power has turned Shanghai into a dynamic megacity. Shanghai's remarkable growth in economy, infrastructure, and global presence has prompted questions about the Shanghai "miracle." This collection places the city's unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of U.S. cities, as well as with Asian megacities Singapore and Hong Kong, providing a nuanced account of how Shanghai's politics, economy, society, and space have been transformed by macro- and micro-level forces.

Contributors: Stephen W. K. Chiu, Chinese U of Hong Kong; K. C. Ho, National U of Singapore; John D. Kasarda, U of North Carolina; Hanlong Lu, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences; Tai-lok Lui, Chinese U of Hong Kong; Ann R. Markusen, U of Minnesota; Anthony M. Orum, U of Illinois, Chicago; Yuan Ren, Fudan U Shanghai; Saskia Sassen, Columbia U; Jiaming Sun, Texas A&M U, Commerce; Fulong Wu, Cardiff U; Pingkang Yu, George Washington U; Tingwei Zhang, U of Illinois, Chicago; Zhenhua Zhou, Development Research Center, Shanghai Municipal Government.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Xiangming Chen is director of the Center for Urban and Global Studies and Raether Distinguished Professor of Sociology and International Studies at Trinity College.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816654883
• ISBN 13: 9780816654888
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Éditeur: Chen Xiangming
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