Constructing China's Capitalism : Shanghai and the Nexus of Urban-Rural Industries

By investigating the nexus of relationships between urban and rural factories in the Shanghai region of China, this book shines light on an overlooked part of China's massive industrial growth since the 1980s. By investigating the nexus of relationships between urban and rural factories in the Shanghai region of China, this book sheds light on an overlooked part of China's massive industrial growth from the 1980s on. By investigating the nexus of relationships between urban and rural factories in the Shanghai region of China, this book sheds light on an overlooked part of China's massive industrial growth from the 1980s on Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction....Pages 1-18 Connecting the Urban and the Rural: Shanghai’s SOEs and TVEs....Pages 19-47 The Geography of the Deepening Division of Labor....Pages 49-78 Failure of the Regional System....Pages 79-114 The Nexus Unravels....Pages 115-138 “Finding a Way Out”....Pages 139-164 Reworking the Rural....Pages 165-193 Conclusion....Pages 195-201 Back Matter....Pages 203-267