Miller, Tom.

China's urban billion : the story behind the biggest migration in human history / Tom Miller. - London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - vii, 192 p. : map ; 22 cm. - Asian arguments .

Incluye referencias bibliográficas e indice, p. 180-186.

Introduction : the biggest migration in human history -- By the sweat of their brows : the people who built urban China -- Passport to purgatory : fixing the Hukou system -- Farm versus factory : the battle over land -- The construction orgy : paving the fields -- Ghost towns in the desert : how China builds its cities -- A billion wallets : what china's new urbanites will and won't buy -- Conclusion : civilizing the cities.

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Urban-rural migration--China.
Rural-urban migration--Social aspects--China.
Rural-urban migration--Economic aspects--China.
Urbanization--China.
Migración urbano-rural--China.
Migración rural-urbana--aspectos sociales--China.
Migración rural-urbana--Aspectos económicos--China.
Urbanización--China.

HB 2114 / M651c 2012