1st Edition
Remaking China's Great Cities Space and Culture in Urban Housing, Renewal, and Expansion
Introduction Part I: Planning and Expansion 1. Urban planning and cellular urbanism 2. Utopian urban forms and linear urbanism Part II: Housing and Culture 3. Reinventing home as private retreat 4. The developer’s real estate culture 5. Homeowner subjectivity and social stratification Part III: Renewal and Conservation 6. Rebuilding political centers 7. Rebuilding urban slums 8. Spoliation and conservation 9. Epilogue: Resistance to capitalist urbanization
Biography
Samuel Y. Liang is Associate Professor of Humanities and the Coordinator of Chinese Studies at Utah Valley University, USA.
"Remaking China’s Great Cities is on the whole a strong contribution to our knowledge about urban transformation in the PRC. It has opened new windows onto this huge topic and deserves attention from urban scholars across disciplines." - Max D. Woodworth, The China Quarterly 2015
"Samuel Liang’s latest book, Remaking China’s Great Cities: Space and Culture in Urban Housing, Renewal, and Expansion gives a comprehensive overview of rapid urbanization in China since 1949...This book explores multiple dimensions of urbanization in China substantiated by well-illustrated case studies. It is highly readable and makes a valuable contribution to our knowledge about Chinese urban development trajectories from historical perspectives." - Hing-wah Chau, The University of Melbourne, China Information 29 (3)
