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Informationen zum Autor GREGORY ELIYU GULDIN is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Pacific Lutheran University. He is the author of several articles, editor of Anthropology in China: Defining the Discipline , and is writing a forthcoming book, From Malinowski to Morgan to Mao: The Sage of Anthropology in China . Klappentext Can China now be considered urbanized? Unlike earlier studies that viewed China as a peasant or rural society, this book focuses on the question of whether China is already urbanized. Each of the contributors considers the degree to which the town-country dichotomy has been obliterated in the China of the 1980s and 1990s. The focus is unique, for previous studies have failed to raise this fundamental question. The contributors to the volume, who are from China, Hong Kong, the United States, and Canada, collectively address China's past and continuing transformation, the multiple factors influencing the urbanization of Chinese society, and the strengths and weaknesses in China's transformation. China's urbanization, the authors claim, can be traced to two successful development strategies: small town development and coastal economic reforms. These strategies, however, raise the question of how China should deal with uneven and inequitable regional growth. China's solution, Guldin says, has been to mix economic liberalization and an emphasis on small town development with a still significant degree of central planning. The work is interdisciplinary, with contributions from the fields of sociology, geography, anthropology, and urban planning. It should be of interest to scholars from all of those disciplines with a special interest in China. Zusammenfassung This text focuses on the question of whether China is already urbanized. Each of the contributors considers the degree to which the town-country dichotomy has been obliterated in the China of the 1980s and 1990s. The strengths and weaknesses of the transformation are assessed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Fei Xiaotong Preface Introduction An Urbanizing China by Gregory Eliyu Guldin PRC Urbanization: Then and Now The Role of Great Cities in China by Clifton Pannell Post-1949 Urbanization Trends and Policies: An Overview by Kam-Wing Chan Urbanization under Economic Reform by R. Yin-Wang Kwok Small Towns and the Urbanizing Countryside Rural Transformation and Decentralized Urban Growth in China by Yok-shiu Lee The Development of Small Towns and Their Role in the Modernization of China by Rong Ma The Pearl River Delta: An Advanced Area of Urbanization Urbanizing the Countryside: Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and the Pearl River Delta by Gregory Eliyu Guldin The Political Economy of Chinese Urbanization: Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta Region by Graham Johnson Epilogue Urbanizing China: Some Startling Conclusions by Gregory Eliyu Guldin A Reader's Guide by J. C. Olson Glossary Index ...
