Recombinant Urbanization
Recombinant Urbanization
This chapter reviews a variety of theories of modernization in order to develop its own theory: recombinant urbanization. It argues that the social transformations associated with modernization should be understood as recombinant—as recombining elements from the past with new elements absorbed from the outside. Practices of social memory are important to this theorization. The chapter also places processes of urbanization in Zouping in relation to those in other places in China. Finally, it provides a summary of the research methods used by the author and a depiction of the organization of the book.
Keywords: theories of modernity, Chinese urbanization, memory
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