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China's coastal region between Shanghai and Hong Kong is one of the most dynamic regions in the world, having undergone a transformation widely attributed to economic reform. This insightful account shows that rapid economic growth in China has a history and a geography, and demonstrates how regional restructuring is far from an economic 'miracle'. Instead of a linear historical approach, the analysis shows how history matters in contextualized geographies, in regional places and their transnational connections. The book situates the analysis in the contemporary globalization debates and the most current ideas in human geography to develop a cultural economy perspective that anticipates the 'new regionalism'.
Globalizing South China provides readers with an invaluable evaluation of 'Greater China', the Chinese diaspora, regional identity formation, the gendered conditions of the regional economy, nature-society relations, and world city transformation. The book concludes by anticipating the futures of Hong Kong and Shanghai and relations between China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore in the wider Asian region. By contributing to theory building and interdisciplinary studies, and based on numerous examples of comparative empirical research, the book is engaging and provocative, and will change the way we understand the region of rapid development in South China.
List of contents
List of Plates. List of Figures and Tables.
List of Maps.
Series Editors' Preface.
Preface.
Chapter 1 Negotiating Geographical Knowledges.
Chapter 2 Region and Representation.
Chapter 3 Maritime Frontier/Mercantile Region.
Chapter 4 Open Ports and the Treaty System.
Chapter 5 Revolution and Diaspora.
Chapter 6 Gendered Industrialization.
Chapter 7 Zone Fever.
Chapter 8 Urban Triumphant.
Epilogue.
References.
Index.
About the author
Carolyn Cartier is assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Summary
This insightful account demonstrates that capitalism in China has a history and a geography, and combines perspectives from both to demonstrate that regional economic restructuring in South China is far from an economic a miraclea s.
