TY - BOOK AU - Ding,Yannan,editor AU - Marinelli,Maurizio,editor AU - Zhang,Xiaohong,editor TI - China: a historical geography of the urban SN - 9783319640426 AV - DS706.5 U1 - 911/.51 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Cham, Switzerland PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Cities and towns KW - China KW - Growth KW - HISTORY / Historical Geography KW - bisacsh KW - Historical geography KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This book offers a unique contribution to the burgeoning field of Chinese historical geography. Urban transformation in China constitutes both a domestic revolution and a world-historical event. Through the exploration of nine urban sites of momentous change, over an extended period of time, this book connects the past with the present, and provides much-needed literature on city growth and how they became complex laboratories of prosperity.0This book offers an innovative interdisciplinary and international perspective, which will be of interest to students and scholars of Chinese urban studies, as well Chinese politics and society UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1636770 ER -