China: A Historical Geography of the Urban

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ding, Yannan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Marinelli, Maurizio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Zhang, Xiaohong (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Human geography.; Urban geography.; Cities and towns-History.; China-History.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Human Geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban History.; History of China.

This book offers a unique contribution to the burgeoning field of Chinese historical geography. Urban transformation in China constitutes both a domestic revolution and a world-historical event. Through the exploration of nine urban sites of momentous change, over an extended period of time, this bo...