Shanghai Gone : Domicide and Defiance in a Chinese Megacity
Qin. Shao
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Lanham : : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (327 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One. The Woman of a Thousand-and-one Petitions; Chapter Two. Nightmares: Old and New; Chapter Three. Waving the Red Flag; Chapter Four. A Barrack-room Lawyer; Chapter Five. Mr. Lincoln's Lane; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. - Shanghai has been demolished and rebuilt into a gleaming megacity in recent decades, but that transformation has come at a grave human cost. This compelling book is the first to apply the concept of domicide-the eradication of home against the will of its dwellers-to the destruction of neighborhoods, families, and life patterns and the first to study grassroots resistance to domicide in China. Qin Shao follows, among others, a reticent kindergarten teacher turned diehard petitioner; a descendant of gangsters and squatters who has become an amateur lawyer for evictees; and a C
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| Emner | City and town life - History - Shanghai - China
City planning - History - China - Shanghai Protest movements - History - China - Shanghai Social change - History - Shanghai - China Vis mer... Wrecking - Social aspects - History - Shanghai - China
City and town life - China - Shanghai - History. City planning - China - Shanghai - History. City planning - Political aspects - China - Shanghai - History. City planning - Social aspects - China - Shanghai - History. Protest movements - China - Shanghai - History. Shanghai (China) - Social conditions - 20th century. Shanghai (China) - Social conditions - 21st century. Shanghai (China). Social change - China - Shanghai - History. Wrecking - Social aspects - China - Shanghai - History. Byplanlegging : (NO-TrBIB)HUME09500 Byutvikling Communities - Urban Groups Historie Politikk Protestbevegelser Shanghai Social Sciences Sociology & Social History Sosiale bevegelser Ødeleggelse |
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| Dewey | 307.760951132 . - 951.13
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| ISBN | 1442211318. - 1442211326. - 9781442211315. - 9781442211322
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