Shanghai flora
The politics of urban greening in Maoist China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12276752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hanchao Lu (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 660-681 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-9268 • E-ISSN: 1469-8706 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0963926817000396 |
| OpenAlex | W2778642889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Verdurization ( lühua ), a term coined in Japan and adopted into the Chinese vocabulary in the early twentieth century, was an emotive concept and relentless practice in Mao's China. The Chinese state used various verdurization campaigns as part of its project of building a socialist state and as a way of exercising ideological control, particularly in cities. At the same time, ordinary citizens had their own ideas about the role of vegetation in their daily lives – ideas that were often different from, and sometimes counter to, those of the state. The article takes Shanghai as a case-study to examine the politics of urban greening along the spectrum of state, society and everyday life in the early years of the People's Republic
China · Emotive · Flora (microbiology · Geography · Greening · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Anthropology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |