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

• Autore: Murphey Rhoads <1919->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.760951
• Soggetto topico: Urban policy - China; Urbanization - China; Urban policy - India
• Soggetto geografico: China Social conditions; India Social conditions
• 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: · Is particularly valuable in setting China's achievements in the larger co
• Titolo autorizzato: The fading of the Maoist vision
• ISBN: 1-136-57413-1; 1-136-57420-4; 1-315-01885-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826717603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: China, history, philosophy, economics ; ; 20.