Shanghai Rising - State Power and Local Transformations in a Global Megacity

Klappentext This collection places Shanghai's unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of US 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. Zusammenfassung This collection places Shanghai's unprecedented rise in a rare comparative examination of US 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.

Product details

• Authors: Xiangming Chen, Xiangming (EDT) Chen, Chen Xiangming
• Assisted by: Xiangming Chen (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2009
• EAN: 9780816654888
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-5488-8
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Globalization and Community; Globalization and Community (P; Globalization & Community Series; Globalization and Community
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education