| Description |
214 p. : ill., maps, plans. |
| Series |
Routledge Pacific Rim geographies ; 7 |
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Routledge Pacific Rim geographies (2007) ; 7.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: gated communities and the lure of the good life -- Making middle-class spaces: privilege, territoriality and the moral geographies of exclusion -- Urban reform, the new middle-class and the emergence of gated communities in Shanghai -- Imagineering suburbia: contested representations of the Chinese dream home -- Seeking privacy and seclusion: private property, individualism and neoliberal subjectivities -- Maintaining order and civility: purified spaces and the paradox of gated living -- Beyond the gates: a geographical-moral critique. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Gated communities -- China -- Shanghai.
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Middle class -- China -- Shanghai.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780415478106 (hardback) |
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0415478103 (hardback) |
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9780203876206 (electronic bk.) |
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0203876202 (electronic bk.) |
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