UID:
almahu_9949386390902882
Umfang:
1 online resource (242 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781003010036
,
1003010032
,
1000217698
,
9781000217650
,
1000217655
,
9781000217674
,
1000217671
,
9781000217698
Serie:
Routledge Studies on China in Transition
Anmerkung:
1. Suzhou in Transition: An Introduction Beibei Tang and Paul Cheung Part 1. Historical and Cultural Transformation 2. Beautiful Su: A History of Transformations Stephen L. Koss 3. Historic Landscape and Water Heritage of Suzhou Beyond the Tourist Gaze Yi-Wen Wang and Christian Nolf 4. Bridal Fashion and Suzhou: The Development of the Tiger Hill Wedding Market Sara Sterling Part 2. Urban Development and Social Life 5. Suzhou's Modernity within Space and Spatial Relations Jiawen Han 6. Urban-Rural Relations in the Context of New Urbanization: The Case of Suzhou Sheng Zhong and Shengxi Xin 7. Social Fabric in the Wujiang District of Suzhou Paul Cheung Part 3. Administration and Governance 8. Suzhou and the City-Region: The Administrative Divisions in Historical Perspective and Rural-Urban Transition Hu De and Carolyn Cartier 9. Wujiang in Transition: Urban Development and Changing Grassroots Governance Mechanisms Beibei Tang.
,
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Suzhou in Transition: An introduction -- Background -- Research questions and key themes -- Suzhou, China, and social change -- Chapters in the volume -- References -- Part I: Historical and Cultural Transformation -- Chapter 2: Suzhou: A history of transformations -- Introduction -- From pre-history to warrior state -- From warrior state to commercial centre -- A vengeful imperial assault -- The Paris of China
,
A crushing blow -- Recovery and loss in a new era -- The dawn of a new "New Era" -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Historic Landscape and Water Heritage of Suzhou Beyond the Tourist Gaze -- Introduction -- Water as everyday 'heritage' of Suzhou -- Water 'heritage' of Suzhou -- 'Heritage' in the making -- Valorisation of Suzhou's water heritage -- Beyond the tourist gaze: 'heritage' to be rediscovered -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Bridal Fashion and Suzhou: The development of the Tiger Hill Wedding Market -- Introduction
,
Silk Road and Suzhou's history of silk and textiles -- Tiger Hill as a tourist destination -- Wedding culture, dress and photography -- Development timeline of Tiger Hill Wedding Market from photo factory site to Huqiu Bridal City -- Current reputation of Tiger Hill/Huqiu Bridal City in the domestic and global bridal fashion industry -- Ethnographic discussion and further research -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part II: Urban Development and Social Life -- Chapter 5: Suzhou's Modernity within Space and Spatial Relations -- Space, modernity, Suzhou's modernity
,
Being modern, modern space, and Suzhou -- Three trends of thought within Chinese modernity and their spatial implications now -- Panmen as a microcosm of modernity's evolution1 -- Zooming out from Panmen to see Suzhou's modernity -- Globalisation, politicisation, and the modernity of Suzhou -- Discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Urban-Rural Relations in the Context of New Urbanization: The case of Suzhou -- Introduction -- Urban-rural relations in the early reform period (1978-2003) -- Urban-rural relations in the contemporary period (2004 to present)
,
Discussions and conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: Social Fabric in the Wujiang District of Suzhou -- The newly woven fabric of urban China -- Method -- Findings -- Taking the language out of the people? -- Notes -- References -- Part III: Administration and Governance -- Chapter 8: Suzhou and the City-Region: The administrative divisions in historical perspective and rural-urban transition -- Introduction -- City and city-region -- Wu, Su, and historical administrative divisions -- Suzhou under reform -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Tang, Beibei. Suzhou in Transition. Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, ©2020 ISBN 9780367439903
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
;
History.
;
Electronic books
DOI:
10.4324/9781003010036.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003010036
Bookmarklink
