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This illustrated trade reader tells the story of the major changes to the Chinese urban landscape over the last 20 years. Its authors' entertaining writing stye together with the dramatic photos and figures make it an interesting read. The book covers the origins of China's development, the history of city-specific change, the migration from country to city, resulting suburbanization and sprawl, and the advent of car culture and consumerism.

Thomas J. Campanella is associate professor of urban planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a visiting

The Urbanism of Ambition	p. 12
Thunder from the South	p. 26
Reclaiming Shanghai	p. 56
The Politics of the Past	p. 92
Capital Improvements	p. 120
City of Chai	p. 144
The Country and the City	p. 172
Suburbanization and the Mechanics of Sprawl	p. 188
Driving the Capitalist Road	p. 216
Theme Parks and the Landscape of Consumption	p. 240
Epilogue: China Reinvents the City	p. 280
Notes	p. 303
Index	p. 327
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The Concrete Dragon China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World

The Concrete Dragon China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World

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