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Driving Toward Modernity Cars and the Lives of the Middle Class in Contemporary China

Hoofdkenmerken

Auteur:	Zhang, Jun
Titel:	Driving Toward Modernity Cars and the Lives of the Middle Class in Contemporary China
Uitgever:	Cornell University Press
ISBN:	9781501738401
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 38.73
Verschijningsdatum:	15-10-2019
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Road & motor vehicles: general interest
Geillustreerd:	5 b&w halftones, 2 b&w line drawings, 3 charts - 5 Halftones, black and white - 2 Line drawings, black and white - 3 Charts

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	240
Hoogte mm.:	153
Breedte mm.:	229
Dikte mm.:	12
Gewicht gr.:	374

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In Driving toward Modernity, Jun Zhang ethnographically explores the entanglement between the rise of the automotive regime and emergence of the middle class in South China. Focusing on the Pearl River Delta, one of the nation's wealthiest regions, Zhang shows how private cars have shaped everyday middle-class sociality, solidarity, and...