{"product_id":"revisiting-chinas-rural-urbanisation-daming-zhou-9780367681906","title":"Revisiting China's Rural Urbanisation: A Pearl River Delta Region Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book analyses the urbanisation of rural China in the period of the country's reform and opening-up based on an investigation of five villages in the Pearl River Delta region, analysing progress, problems and future prospects in the light of long-term investigations on the ground and follow-up fieldwork. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on a vast body of data obtained from participation observation, interviews, archival documents, questionnaires and oral histories, the author charts the trajectory of urbanisation as rural landscapes, governance models, social structures and development dynamics have morphed into urban phenomena. Stimulated by outside capital and pro-growth policies, each of the five villages has undergone a distinct economic, social, institutional, cultural and demographic transformation while facing challenges and opportunities such as land requisition, residential areas with a strong concentration of migrants, changing power relations between state and local community, the influence of traditional lineage and clan structures and quandaries over identity. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book will appeal to scholars and students of sociology and Chinese Studies as well as general readers interested in contemporary China and Chinese urbanisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daming Zhou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367681900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367681906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d","brand":"Daming Zhou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072277672191,"sku":"9780367681906","price":52.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_05ffe091-6c66-4cde-88c0-d624419cefd1.jpg?v=1685440999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/revisiting-chinas-rural-urbanisation-daming-zhou-9780367681906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}