Gated communities in China class, privilege and the moral politics of the good life / Pow Choon-Piew.

Author/creator Pow, Choon-Piew, 1974-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge,
Description214 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 25 cm.
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SeriesRoutledge Pacific Rim geographies ; 7
Routledge Pacific Rim geographies (2007) ; 7. ^A1154168
Contents Introduction: gated communities and the lure of the good life -- Making middle-class spaces: privilege, territoriality and the moral geographies of exclusion -- Urban reform, the new middle-class and the emergence of gated communities in Shanghai -- Imagineering suburbia: contested representations of the Chinese dream home -- Seeking privacy and seclusion: private property, individualism and neoliberal subjectivities -- Maintaining order and civility: purified spaces and the paradox of gated living -- Beyond the gates: a geographical-moral critique.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2008052500
ISBN9780415478106 (hardback)
ISBN9780203876206 (ebook)
ISBN0415478103 (hardback)
ISBN0203876202 (ebook)

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