Overview

In 1915 Robert Park penned his seminal paper The City:Suggestions for the investigation of human behaviour in the cityenvironment. This essay provided an agenda for the ChicagoSchool of Urban Sociology, which formed the basis of urbanresearch for decades. Given that China's urban centres now occupy the spotlight thatonce belonged to American cities, Park's essay is a platform andpoint of departure for this volume, which gathers together reflectionsfrom a broad range of urban China specialists to consider Park's (ir)relevance today - for cities in China, for questions about the sociallife of the city and for urban research more generally. Essential for a broad range of urban studies scholars, this book is aninvaluable teaching resource and a useful tool for policy-makers andplanners. 

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Author:   Ray Forrest ,  Julie Ren ,  Bart Wissink
Publisher:   Bristol University Press
Imprint:   Bristol University Press
ISBN:  

9781529205473

ISBN 10:   1529205476
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   17 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The City in China: New perspectives on contemporary urbanism~ Ray FORREST, Julie REN & Bart WISSINK; Robert Park in China: From the Chicago School to Urban China Studies~Xuefei REN (Centre for Chinese Studies, Michigan State University); Bewitched by the History Behind the Walls : Robert Park and the Arc of Urban Sociology from Chicago to China~Bettina GRANSOW (East Asian Studies, Freie Universitaet Berlin); Moral Order in the Post-Socialist Chinese City: Generating a Dialogue with Robert E. Park's The City ~Fulong WU and Zheng WANG (Bartlett School, University College, London); Learning from Chicago (and LA)? The Contemporary Relevance of Western Urban Theory for China Bewitched by the history behind the walls : Robert Park and the arc of urban sociology from Chicago to Shenzhen~Bart WISSINK (Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong); From Chicago to Shenzhen, via Birmingham: Zones of Transition and Dreams of Homeownership~Ray FORREST (Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong); Urbanization and Economic Development: Comparing the Trajectories of China and the United States~Jan NIJMAN (Urban Studies Institute, Georgia State University, USA); The Handshake 302 Village Hack Residency: Chicago, Shenzhen, and the Experience of Assimilation~Mary Ann O'DONNELL (Independent scholar/anthropologist/poet, Shenzhen); Beijing Ring Roads and the Poetics of Excess and Ordinariness~Jeroen DE KLOET (Centre for Globalisation Studies, University of Amsterdam); Pathways to Urban Residency and Subjective Well-Being in Beijing~Juan CHEN and Shenghua XIE (Applied Social Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University); A Study of Socio-spatial Segregation of Rural Migrants in Shenzhen: A Case of Foxconn~Zhigang LI, Shunxian OU and Rong WU (School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, China); The Anxious Middle Class of Urban China: Its Emergence and Formation~Tai-Lok LUI & Shou LIU (Asian and Policy Studies, Education University of Hong Kong); Conclusion: Everyday Cities, Exceptional Cases~Julie REN (Department of Geography, London School of Economics).

Reviews

A helpful contribution to understanding contemporary social conditions in Chinese cities from a broader comparative perspective that moves beyond `Western' schools and provides valuable knowledge about urban social structures, transformations and effects in the context of rapid development. Sako Musterd, University of Amsterdam

Reflects upon the amazing urbanization processes experienced in the `new' new world of China and the limits of applying Western theory to Chinese experiences. A very timely volume of studies on Chinese urban development grounded in a broad literature and brought together by highly qualified scholars. Sako Musterd, University of Amsterdam

Author Information

Ray Forrest (1951-2020) was Research Professor in Cities and Social Change and Director of the Centre for Social Policy and Social Change at Lingnan University, Hong Kong . He was also Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Bristol. Julie Ren is Research Faculty, Department of Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin. Bart Wissink is Associate Professor in Urban Studies and Urban Policy at the Department of Public Policy at City University of Hong Kong.

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