The Habitable City in China Urban History in the Twentieth Century /

The Habitable City in China Urban History in the Twentieth Century /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lincoln, Toby (Editor), Tao, Xu (Editor)
Summary:XI, 231 p. 1 illus.
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Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Politics and Development of Contemporary China,
Subjects:
Asia > Politics and government.
Cities and towns > History.
Ethnology > Asia.
Culture.
Sociology, Urban.
Asian Politics.
Urban History.
Asian Culture.
Urban Sociology.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55471-0
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Habitable City in Chinese History
  • 2. The Chinese Corpsmen in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps
  • 3. Kunimg Dreaming: Hope, Change, and War in the Autobiographies of Youth in China’s Southwest
  • 4. Securing the City, Securing the Nation: Militerization and Urban Police Work in Dalian, 1945-1953
  • 5. To See and Be Seen: Horse Racing in Shanghai, 1848-1945
  • 6. Second Class Workers: Gender, Industry and Locality in Workers' Welfare Provision in Revolutionary China
  • 7. A utopian Garden City: Zhang Jingsheng’s ‘Beautiful Beijing’
  • 8. Habitability in the Treaty Ports: Shanghai and Tianjin
  • 9. Urbanization and Nature in China: the example of Lake Tai
  • 10. Conclusion.

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