Shanghai in Transition : Changing Perspectives and Social Contours of a Chinese Metropolis

ISBN-13: 9780700715718 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 280 str.

Jos Gamble;Gamble Jos

Opis

China's largest metropolis, Shanghai, has undergone a decade of far-reaching economic and social transformation. This book presents an evocative and richly nuanced series of ethnographic perspectives of the city's shifting sociological landscape in this period of transition. When the Communist Party took control of Shanghai in 1949, the city was one of the world's most cosmopolitan, modern cities. In the ensuing decades, Shanghai's economy, infrastructure and links with the rest of the world all atrophied. Lack of change in the city's physical structure was paralleled by a similar fixity and immutability in people's daily lives, careers and expectations. Since the early 1990s, far-reaching economic reforms have been implemented which are designed to recreate Shanghai as a cosmopolitan, world financial and commercial centre. An influx of domestic and foreign capital is transforming the city's physical structure at a frantic pace. This study is based upon extensive first-hand research conducted over the past 10 years. The topics explored range from the perceived consequences of Shanghai's more porous boundaries to intra-national and global flows of people, capital and cultural items,

Recenzje

'The best English language work to date on Shanghai in the post-1978 era ... a very impressive first book with much to offer in terms of both data and insight.' - China Quarterly

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Illustrations Notes on the Text Preface: Ethnography of a City Introduction: Historical Background to Shanghai 1. Opening the Door, Crossing the Stream: Representations and Metaphors of Reform in Contemporary Shanghai 2. Global and Intra-National Cultural Flows: Renegotiating Boundaries and Identities in Contemporary Shanghai 3. The Walls Within: Shanghai Inside Out 4. Consuming Shanghai: Hairy Crabs, Ghosts, and Christmas Trees 5. Share Dealers, Trading Places and New Options in Contemporary Shanghai 6. Concluding Impressions Notes Glossary of Chinese Terms Bibliography Index

O autorze

Jos Gamble trained as an anthropologist at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has visited China on many occasions since 1984, and has lived in Shanghai for over four years. Dr Gamble is now a Lecturer in Asia Pacific Business in the School of Management of Royal Holloway, University of London. He is currently researching British retail operations in the Asia Pacific region.