Beijing: The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing explores the transformation of the Chinese capital both socially and physically during the final decades of the twentieth century. The author reveals the changing life of the city and its inhabitants and examines the complex and multiple forces at play in this transformation.
Beijing: The Making and Selling of Post-Mao Beijing explores the transformation of the Chinese capital both socially and physically during the final d...
While societies shape the way their cities look and are represented, urban images, in turn, nurture and structure social relations in multiple ways. Nowhere is this dialectical relationship between social processes and urban representations more visible than in the hosting of global spectacles such as the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games, which both embody some of society s deepest dreams and desires.
The focus of this book is the image of cities. It is not only interested in the mechanisms of urban image construction but also in the politics of such phenomenon,...
While societies shape the way their cities look and are represented, urban images, in turn, nurture and structure social relations in multiple ways...
