| Description |
1 online resource (225 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Pacific Rim Geographies |
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Routledge Pacific Rim geographies.
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| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: Gated communities and the lure of the good life; 2 Making middle-class spaces: Privilege, territoriality and the moral geographies of exclusion; 3 Urban reform, the new middle class and the emergence of gated communities in Shanghai; 4 Imagineering suburbia: Contested representations of the Chinese dream home; 5 Seeking privacy and seclusion: Private property, individualism and neoliberal subjectivities; 6 Maintaining order and civility: Purified spaces and the paradox of gated living |
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7 Beyond the gates: A geographicalmoral critique8 Conclusion; Appendix: Notes on research methodologies and fieldwork; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book examines the nature and dynamics of gated communities within the specificities of reform Shanghai, a city that arguably has been at the forefront of China's new urban/consumer revolution |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Gated communities -- China -- Shanghai
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Middle class -- China -- Shanghai
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Gated communities
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Middle class
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China -- Shanghai
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203876206 |
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0203876202 |
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1282733559 |
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9781282733558 |
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