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Shanghai Gone

- Domicide and Defiance in a Chinese Megacity
Af: Qin Shao Engelsk Paperback

Shanghai Gone

- Domicide and Defiance in a Chinese Megacity
Af: Qin Shao Engelsk Paperback
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Shanghai has been demolished and rebuilt into a gleaming megacity in recent decades, now ranking with New York and London as a hub of global finance. 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 a home against the will of its dwellers—to the sweeping destruction of neighborhoods, families, and life patterns to make way for the new Shanghai. Here we find the holdouts and protesters, men and women who have stubbornly resisted domicide and demanded justice. 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 Chinese Muslim who has struggled to recover his ancestral home in Xintiandi, an infamous site of gentrification dominated by a well-connected Hong Kong real estate tycoon. Highlighting the wrenching changes spawned by China’s reform era, Shao vividly portrays the relentless pursuit of growth and profit by the combined forces of corrupt power and money, the personal wreckage it has left behind, and the enduring human spirit it has unleashed. To see the author's blog post on Asia Society, please click here.
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Shanghai has been demolished and rebuilt into a gleaming megacity in recent decades, now ranking with New York and London as a hub of global finance. 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 a home against the will of its dwellers—to the sweeping destruction of neighborhoods, families, and life patterns to make way for the new Shanghai. Here we find the holdouts and protesters, men and women who have stubbornly resisted domicide and demanded justice. 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 Chinese Muslim who has struggled to recover his ancestral home in Xintiandi, an infamous site of gentrification dominated by a well-connected Hong Kong real estate tycoon. Highlighting the wrenching changes spawned by China’s reform era, Shao vividly portrays the relentless pursuit of growth and profit by the combined forces of corrupt power and money, the personal wreckage it has left behind, and the enduring human spirit it has unleashed. To see the author's blog post on Asia Society, please click here.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 326
ISBN-13: 9781442211322
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1442211326
Kategori: Bysamfund
Udg. Dato: 20 feb 2013
Længde: 26mm
Bredde: 162mm
Højde: 231mm
Forlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Oplagsdato: 20 feb 2013
Forfatter(e): Qin Shao
Forfatter(e) Qin Shao

Kategori Bysamfund

ISBN-13 9781442211322

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 326

Udgave

Længde 26mm

Bredde 162mm

Højde 231mm

Udg. Dato 20 feb 2013

Oplagsdato 20 feb 2013

Forlag Rowman & Littlefield