Shanghai Gone Domicide and Defiance in a Chinese Megacity

Name: Shanghai Gone Domicide and Defiance in a Chinese Megacity
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ISBN: 9781442211322

ISBN-10: 1442211326

ISBN-13: 9781442211322

Edition: 2013

Authors: Qin Shao

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List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/20/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 326
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.96" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Illustrations


Preface


Introduction


Housing: Reform and Conflict


Patterns of Grassroots Resistance


Domicide



The Woman of a Thousand-and-one Petitions


The Petition System


Meet Zhou Youlan


"I Stood There and Watched…"


A Road with No Return


Going Mental?


Moment of Inertia



Nightmares: Old and New


Xintiandi-The New World


From a "Fine Home" to a "Stuck Fish Bone"


"You Destroyed My Home and You Now Own Me"


Dream Team and Nightmares



Waving the Red Flag


The Deceit


The Initial Conflict


The Negotiations


Cultural Resistance


Mr. C


A Mixed Ending



A Barrack-room Lawyer


Squatting in Shanghai


The Transformation of a Shack


A Nail Household


The Education of Shi Lin


The Formula


The Political Arena


Waiting for Nirvana



Mr. Lincoln's Lane


The Pretext


The Issue of Preservation


A Community Leader


Discovering a Usable Past


Letter Writing


A Propaganda War


The Involvement of Experts


A Ghost Document


The Peak and the Valley


The Last Nail


A Problematic Future


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index


About the Author