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1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations, maps.

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China understandings today

China understandings today.

书目

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-272) and index.

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Open access MiU

摘要

Seeking a Future for the Past: Space, Power, and Heritage in a Chinese City examines the complexities and changing sociopolitical dynamics of urban renewal in contemporary China. Drawing on ten years of ethnographic fieldwork in the northeastern Chinese city of Qingdao, the book tells the story of the slow, fragmented, and contentious transformation of Dabaodao--an area in the city's former colonial center--from a place of common homes occupied by the urban poor into a showcase of architectural heritage and site for tourism and consumption. The ethnography provides a nuanced account of the diverse experiences and views of a range of groups involved in, shaping, and being shaped by the urban renewal process--local residents, migrant workers, preservationists, planners, and government officials-- and particularly foregrounds the voices and experiences of marginal groups, such as migrants in the city. Unpacking structural reasons for urban developmental impasses, it paints a nuanced local picture of urban governance and political practice in contemporary urban China. Seeking a Future for the Past also weighs the positives and negatives of heritage preservation and scrutinizes the meanings and effects of "preservation" on diverse social actors. By zeroing in on the seemingly contradictory yet coexisting processes of urban stagnation and urban destruction, the book reveals the multifaceted challenges that China faces in reforming its urbanization practices and, ultimately, in managing its urban future.

资金

Sponsored by The Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS)

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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主题

Urban renewal -- China -- Qingdao.

Qingdao (China) -- Politics and government.

Qingdao (China) -- Social aspects.

其它责任者

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan),

有补充:

Supplement (work): Demgenski, Philipp, Seeking a future for the past 1 online resource (map of Qingdao and Dabaodao from 1901)

国际标准书号

9780472903764 (electronic book)

0472903764 (electronic book)

标准号

10.3998/mpub.12315869 doi