In Search of Paradise : : Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis /

In Search of Paradise : : Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis / / Li Zhang.

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A new revolution in homeownership and living has been sweeping the booming cities of China. This time the main actors on the social stage are not peasants, migrants, or working-class proletariats but middle-class professionals and entrepreneurs in search of a private paradise in a society now domina...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Zhang, Li,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2011]
©2012
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 15 halftones, 1 map
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Farewell to Welfare Housing
  • 2. Unlocking the Real Estate Machine
  • 3. Emerging Landscapes of Living
  • 4. Spatializing Class
  • 5. Accumulation by Displacement
  • 6. Recasting Self-Worth
  • 7. Privatizing Community Governing and Its Limits
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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