Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks Within China's Floating Population

Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks Within China's Floating Population
ISBN-10
0804742065
ISBN-13
9780804742061
Category
Social Science
Pages
286
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Author
Li Zhang

Description

With rapid commercialization, a booming urban economy, and the relaxation of state migratory policies, over 100 million peasants, known as China's "floating population," have streamed into large cities seeking employment and a better life. This book traces the profound transformation this massive flow of rural migrants has caused as it challenges Chinese socialist modes of state control.

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