UID:
edocfu_9961047135802883
Format:
1 online resource (385 pages)
ISBN:
0-674-24223-8
,
0-674-24222-X
Content:
"A rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turns out that Shenzhen is no prefab 'instant city,' but a place influenced by deep local history."--Provided by publisher.
Note:
Introduction: The Myth of Shenzhen -- Part I. National Relevance. Song for "The Story of Spring ; The "Southern Tours" That Changed China -- Part II. Regional History. Gateway City to the South China Sea ; Oysters of the Pearl River Delta -- Part III. City Construction. Towers by the Hong Kong Border ; Nail House on "Wall Street -- Part IV. District Transformation. Corporate Village in the Central Business District ; "Slum" in the High-Tech Garden City -- Conclusion: City of Critical Experimentation.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Du, Juan (Author of Shenzhen experiment). Shenzhen experiment. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780674975286
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674242227
