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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788929203321

Autore

Murphey Rhoads <1919->

Titolo

The fading of the Maoist vision : city and country in China's development / / Rhoads Murphey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-57413-1

1-136-57420-4

1-315-01885-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

China, history, philosophy, economics ; ; XX

Disciplina

307.760951

Soggetti

Urban policy - China

Urbanization - China

Urban policy - India

China Social conditions

India Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1980.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Cities and the developing world -- 2. China's urban and anti-urban past -- 3. Controlling and dispersing urban growth -- 4. Walking on two legs -- 5. Planning for a new urban China -- 6. Tensions -- 7. China's development effort in comparative context -- 8. Some conclusions, and the future.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1980.This book analyzes Chinese society and evaluates the achievements and failures of the Maoist ideology. The central theme is the urban and rural balance in China's development from the Revolution to the late twentieth century. The Fading of the Maoist Vision shows how the original Revolutionary blueprint was altered and the ways in which China has steered a different course from that charted by Mao as the ideological vision encountered an increasingly pressing set of economic realities. The book: ยท Is particularly valuable in setting China's achievements in the larger co