In Search of Paradise Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis

Name: In Search of Paradise Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis
Price: 3.57 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780801475627

ISBN-10: 0801475627

ISBN-13: 9780801475627

Edition: 2012

Authors: Li Zhang

List price: $31.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

4 new & used from $3.57

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

A new revolution in homeownership and living has been sweeping the booming cities of China. This time the main actors on the social stage are not peasants, migrants, or working-class proletariats but middle-class professionals and entrepreneurs in search of a private paradise in a society now dominated by consumerism. No longer seeking happiness and fulfillment through collective sacrifice and socialist ideals, they hope to find material comfort and social distinction in newly constructed gated communities. This quest for the good life is profoundly transforming the physical and social landscapes of urban China. Li Zhang, who is from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, turns a keen…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 5/15/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Figures


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Farewell to Welfare Housing



Unlocking the Real Estate Machine



Emerging Landscapes of Living



Spatializing Class



Accumulation by Displacement



Recasting Self-Worth



Privatizing Community Governing and Its Limits


Epilogue


Notes


References


Index