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Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks Within China's Floating Population, Li Zhang's fascinating study of migrant workers in Beijing will add much to scholars' understanding of power structures in 'late-reform-era China.'—Asian Affairs For all students and scholars wanting to understand the rapidly changing nature of the, Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks Within China's Floating Population

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Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks Within China's Floating Population
Written by author Li Zhang
Published by Stanford University Press, October 2002
"Li Zhang's fascinating study of migrant workers in Beijing will add much to scholars' understanding of power structures in 'late-reform-era China.'"—Asian Affairs "For all students and scholars wanting to understand the rapidly changing nature of the
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 lif

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Introduction 1
1 The Floating Population as Subjects 23
2 Commercial Culture, Social Networks, and Migration Passages 47
3 The Privatization of Space 69
4 The Privatization of Power 91
5 Reconfigurations of Gender, Work, and Household 115
6 Contesting Crime and Order 137
7 The Demolition of Zhejiangcun 159
8 Displacement and Revitalization 186
Conclusion 202
App Notes on the Conditions and Politics of Fieldwork 213
Notes 217
Glossary 231
References 243
Index 267

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

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The state bureaucrat trying to serve his master by explaining why the irrational masses do what they do. Another chain link in the governmental armor.

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	List of Illustrations
	Introduction	1
1	The Floating Population as Subjects	23
2	Commercial Culture, Social Networks, and Migration Passages	47
3	The Privatization of Space	69
4	The Privatization of Power	91
5	Reconfigurations of Gender, Work, and Household	115
6	Contesting Crime and Order	137
7	The Demolition of Zhejiangcun	159
8	Displacement and Revitalization	186
	Conclusion	202
App	Notes on the Conditions and Politics of Fieldwork	213
	Notes	217
	Glossary	231
	References	243
	Index	267