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- Shanghai Rising: State Power and Local Transformations in a Global Megacity
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: University of Minnesota Press
- Series: Globalization and Community
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xiii
- Part I. Global Cities East and West
- Part II. Globalization and the Local Transformation of Shanghai
- Contributors
- pp. 251-253
Additional Information
ISBN
9780816667963
Related ISBN(s)
9780816654888
MARC Record
OCLC
502389452
Pages
280
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No