Shanghai gone [electronic resource] domicide and defiance in a chinese megacity / Qin Shao.

• Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter One. The Woman of a Thousand-and-one Petitions; Chapter Two. Nightmares: Old and New; Chapter Three. Waving the Red Flag; Chapter Four. A Barrack-room Lawyer; Chapter Five. Mr. Lincoln's Lane; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. 

• Shanghai has been demolished and rebuilt into a gleaming megacity in recent decades, but that transformation has come at a grave human cost. This compelling book is the first to apply the concept of domicide-the eradication of home against the will of its dwellers-to the destruction of neighborhoods, families, and life patterns and the first to study grassroots resistance to domicide in China. Qin Shao follows, among others, a reticent kindergarten teacher turned diehard petitioner; a descendant of gangsters and squatters who has become an amateur lawyer for evictees; and a C 

Ämnesord

Historia  (sao)

Stadsplanering  -- politiska aspekter (sao)

Stadsplanering  -- sociala aspekter (sao)

Kina  -- Shanghai (sao)

City and town life - China - Shanghai - History. 

City planning - China - Shanghai - History. 

City planning - Political aspects - China - Shanghai - History. 

City planning - Social aspects - China - Shanghai - History. 

Protest movements - China - Shanghai - History. 

Shanghai (China). 

Shanghai (China) - Social conditions - 20th century. 

Shanghai (China) - Social conditions - 21st century. 

Social change - China - Shanghai - History. 

Wrecking - Social aspects - China - Shanghai - History. 

History  (LCSH)

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Electronic books.  (LCSH)

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307.760951132 (DDC)

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