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Author Campanella, Thomas J.

Title The concrete dragon : China's urban revolution and what it means for the world / Thomas J. Campanella.

Publication Info. New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2008]
©2008

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 Moore Stacks  HT384.C6 C36 2008    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 334 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-325) and index.
Contents Introduction: The urbanism of ambition -- Thunder from the south -- Reclaiming Shanghai -- The politics of the past -- Capital improvements -- City of chai -- The country and the city -- Suburbanization and the mechanics of sprawl -- Driving the capitalist road -- Theme parks and the landscape of consumption -- Epilogue: China reinvents the city.
Subject Urbanization -- China.
Urbanization.
China.
Cities and towns -- China.
Cities and towns.
Cities and towns -- China -- Growth.
Growth.
Rural-urban migration -- China.
Rural-urban migration.
Architecture and society -- China.
Architecture and society.
Social change -- China.
Social change.
ISBN 9781568986272 alkaline paper
1568986270 alkaline paper