Shanghai Rising

Shanghai Rising
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780816654871
ISBN-13 : 0816654875
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Book Synopsis Shanghai Rising by : Xiangming Chen

Download or read book Shanghai Rising written by Xiangming Chen and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. 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.


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