| Description |
x, 214 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION -- Theorising place / Stephan Feuchtwang -- PART 1 : URBAN PLACES -- Mapping 'chaos': the Dong Xi Fo feuds of Quanzhou, 1644-1839 / Wang Mingming -- Breathing new life into Beijing culture: new 'traditional' public spaces and the Chaoyang neighbourhood Yangge associations / Florence Graezer -- Establishing 'home' away from home: Chinese migrants in the industrial transformation of Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong / Graham Johnson -- Traditional territories in a contemporary city: agency and policy in the preservation of hereditary rights / Elizabeth Lominska Johnson -- PART 2 : RURAL PLACES -- 'The place where the age wouldn't go' and 'the place where the sage was born': mutual definitions of place in Shandong and Heilongjiang / Zhao Bingxiang -- Hmong places and locality / Nicholas Tapp -- Senses of local place and the temples of West Hunan / Mary Rack -- Curves and the urbanisation of Meifa village / Stephan Feuchtwang -- AFTERWORD -- Space and time / Laurie Kain Hart. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Group identity -- China.
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- China.
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Spatial behavior -- China.
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China -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Feuchtwang, Stephan.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1844720101 |
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