The State of the Field of Urban China

The field of urban China has experienced rapid growth since the mid-1970s. In this special issue, the status of the field is reviewed through the disciplinary lenses of history, geography, anthropology, sociology, political science, and urban planning. These disciplines have contributed to the bulk of the literature on urban China, covering a wide range of subjects. It is suggested that more interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches are needed and that transdisciplinarity can produce new knowledge capable of providing a more comprehensive picture of the Chinese city. The pitfalls and values of using the generic term "the Chinese city" are elucidated. The field would benefit by looking at the research on cities in Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, and there is a need for the construction of conceptual and theoretical frameworks based on China's urban experience that are suitable for the explanation of China's urban problems

Archaeology · China · Civil engineering · Discipline · Economic geography · Field (mathematics · Geography · Interdisciplinarity · Latin Americans · Multidisciplinary approach · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Transdisciplinarity · Urban geography · Urban planning · China's Global Influence and Migration · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Chinese history and philosophy · Engineering · Urban Studies

• The great urban transformation

  You-Tien Hsing, You‐tien Hsing•The great urban transformation•2010

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• Polycentric urban structure and housing price in the transitional China

  Open Access•Haizhen Wen, Yunlong Tao•Habitat International•2015

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• From Urban Social Space to Social and Environmental Justice

  Clifton W Pannell•Eurasian Geography and Economics•2007

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• The Service Sector in the Chinese Economy

  Enru Wang•Eurasian Geography and Economics•2009

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• From China's Urban Social Space to Social and Environmental Justice

  J C Laurence•Eurasian Geography and Economics•2007

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• Viewpoint

  Laurence Ma•International Development…•2009

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• Conceptualizing China's urbanization under reforms

  Open Access•Li Zhang•Habitat International•2008

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• The enclosure of “waste land”

  Open Access•Carlo Inverardi-Ferri•Transactions of the Institute of…•2017

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• China's Changing National and Regional Innovation Systems and Regional Distribution of RD

  Open Access•Fangzhu Zhang, Fulong Wu et al.•Geography Compass•2010

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• A Small Entrepreneurial City in Action

  Open Access•Shenjing He, Lingyue Li et al.•International Journal of Urban…•2018

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• Chinese consumers

  Open Access•Michael B Griffiths, Malcolm Chapman et al.•Ethnography•2010

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• Chinese intimacies & consumer-culture-brand relations

  Open Access•Michael B Griffiths•Consumption Markets & Culture•2024

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• Irregular trajectories

  A Smart, Wing-Shing Tang et al.•Restructuring the Chinese City•2010

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• Social Space and Governance in Urban China

  David Barton Bray, David Bray•Social Space and Governance in…•2005

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• Contesting Citizenship in Urban China

  Dorothy J Solinger•Contesting Citizenship in Urban…•1999

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• Housing Policy and Practice in China

  Open Access•Ya Ping Wang, Y Wang et al.•Housing Policy and Practice in…•1999

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• On the Move

  Arianne M Gaetano, Tamara Jacka•On the move•2004

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• Native Place, City, and Nation

  Bryna Goodman•Native Place, City and Nation•1995

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• The pivot of the four quarters

  Paul Wheatley•The pivot of the four quarters•1971

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• The Socialist city

  F E Ian Hamilton, R A French•The Socialist city•1979

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• Urban Change in China

  Samuel C Chu, David D Buck•The American Historical Review•1979

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• Inventing Nanjing Road

  Linda Cooke Johnson, Sherman Cochran•The American Historical Review•2001

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• Remaking the Chinese City

  Søren Witzel Clausen, Soren Clausen et al.•The American Historical Review•2000

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• The Comprador in Nineteenth Century China

  Nai-Ruenn Chen, Yen-P'Ing Hao•The American Historical Review•1971

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• The Chinese City Between Two Worlds

  S C Lee, Mark Elvin et al.•The American Historical Review•1977

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• A Newspaper for China?

  Barbara Mittler•A Newspaper for China•2004

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• The Commercial Revolution in Nineteenth-Century China

  Albert Feuerwerker, Yen-P'Ing Hao•The American Historical Review•1986

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• Hankow

  R Keith Schoppa, William T Rowe•The American Historical Review•1991

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• Rickshaw Beijing

  David Strand•Rickshaw Beijing•1989

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• The Chinese City Between Two Worlds

  Mark Elvin, G William Skinner•The Chinese City Between Two Worlds•1974

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• Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937

  Frederic Wakeman, Frederic E Wakeman et al.•Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937•1996

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• Creating Chinese Ethnicity

  Emily Honig•Creating Chinese Ethnicity•1992

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• Sisters and Strangers

  Emily Honig•Sisters and Strangers•1986

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• Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276

  Jacques Gernet•Daily Life in China on the Eve of…•1962

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• Civilizing Chengdu

  Open Access•Kristin Stapleton•Civilizing Chengdu•2000

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• Shanghai

  Rhoads Murphey, William Rhoads III Murphey•Shanghai•1953

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• Sui-Tang Chang’an

  Victor Cunrui Xiong, Victor Xiong•Sui-Tang Changʻan•2000

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• Creating a Chinese Harbin

  James Carter•Creating a Chinese Harbin•2002

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• Student Protests in Twentieth-Century China

  Jeffrey N Wasserstrom, Jeffrey Wasserstrom et al.•Student Protests in Twentieth-Centu…•1991

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• Globalization and the Chinese City

  Fulong Wu•Globalization and the Chinese City•2006

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• Town and Country in China

  Open Access•David Faure, Tao Tao Liu•Town and Country in China•2002

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• The Shanghai Green Gang

  Brian Martins, Brian G Martin•Shanghai Green Gang•1996

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• Civil Society in China

  Timothy Brook, B Michael Frolic•Civil Society in China•2015

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• Street Culture in Chengdu

  Di Wang•Street Culture in Chengdu•2003

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• The Salt Merchants of Tianjin

  Man Bun Kwan, Kwan Man Bun•Salt Merchants of Tianjin•2017

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• Shanghai

  Open Access•Christopher Howe•Shanghai•1981

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• Chinese Architecture and Town Planning, 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1911

  Carl W Condit, Andrew Boyd et al.•Technology and Culture•1964

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• Urban Networks in Ch'ing China and Tokugawa Japan

  Benjamin I Schwartz, Gilbert Rozman•The American Historical Review•1975

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• The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film

  Hsiao-Yen Peng, Peng Hsiao-yen et al.•Chinese Literature Essays…•1997

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• Hankow

  Edward H Kaplan, William T Rowe•The American Historical Review•1985

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• Urban Transformation in China, 1949 – 2000

  Open Access•Laurence J C Ma, J C Laurence•Environment and Planning A…•2002

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• The city’ as perverse metaphor

  Peter Marcuse•City•2005

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• Urban land reform in China

  Open Access•Xing Quan Zhang•Land Use Policy•1997

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• Beijing, the nature and planning of a Chinese capital city

  Open Access•Ya Ping Wang•Cities•1996

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• Secondary Sources in Chinese Urban History

  Open Access•Mingzheng Shi•Journal of Urban History•2000

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• Chinese Urban Life under Reform

  Guobin Yang, Wenfang Tang et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•2002

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• Danwei

  Doug Guthrie, Xiaobu Lu et al.•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1999

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• Work and Inequality in Urban China

  M K Whyte, Y Bian•Contemporary Sociology A Journal…•1995

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• Civilizing Chengdu

  William T Rowe, Kristin Stapleton•Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies•2001

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• Peking

  Mary Backus Rankin, Susan Naguin et al.•Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies•2002

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• Domesticating Urban Theory? US Concepts, British Cities and the Limits of Cross-national Applications

  Open Access•Andrew Wood, Andrew M Wood•Urban Studies•2004

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• Urban Networks in Ch'ing China and Tokugawa Japan

  Linda Grove, Gilbert Rozman•Monumenta Nipponica•1974

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• Native Place, City, and Nation

  Peter C Perdue, Bryna Goodman•The Journal of Interdisciplinary…•1997

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• Transdisciplinarity and its challenges

  Open Access•Thierry Ramadier•Futures•2004

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• Futures of Transdisciplinarity

  Open Access•Roderick J Lawrence, Carole Després•Futures•2004

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• The Outsiders

  Donald S Zagoria, Rhoads Murphey•Foreign Affairs•1977

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• Peking

  W F Spalding, S D Gamble et al.•The Economic Journal•1922

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• Cities of Jiangnan in Late Imperial China

  Harriet T Zurndorfer, Linda Cooke Johnson•Journal of the Economic and…•1994

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• The Ordinary City

  Open Access•Ash Amin, Graham et al.•Transactions of the Institute of…•1997

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• The State, Land System, and Land Development Processes in Contemporary China

  George C S Lin, Samuel P S Ho•Annals of the Association of…•2005

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• The problem of anglophone squint

  Open Access•J W R Whitehand, Jeremy Whitehand•Area•2005

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• Like Cattle and Horses

  Open Access•Alexander Keyssar, Stephen A Smith et al.•Like Cattle and Horses•2002

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• Origins and Evolution of a Geographical Idea

  Open Access•Clémentine Cartier, Carolyn Cartier•Modern China•2002

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• Urban administrative restructuring, changing scale relations and local economic development in China

  Open Access•Laurence J C Ma, Laurence J C•Political Geography•2005

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• China Urban

  Lisa Hoffman, Nancy N Chen et al.•China Urban•2001

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• City Repositioning and Competitiveness Building in Regional Development

  Open Access•Jiang Xu, Anthony G O Yeh•International Journal of Urban…•2005

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• Chinese Cities

  Open Access•Yue-Man Yeung, Yue‐man Yeung et al.•Geographical Review•1986

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• Daily Life in China on the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276

  Chauncey S Goodrich, Jacques Gernet et al.•Journal of the American Oriental…•1971

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• China's Coastal Cities

  Open Access•Laurence J C Ma, J C Laurence et al.•Geographical Review•1993

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• Urban Development in Modern China

  Open Access•Ronald G Knapp, Laurence J C Ma et al.•Geographical Review•1983

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• Beyond the Great Wall

  Open Access•Paul Wheatley, Piper Rae Gaubatz et al.•Geographical Review•1996

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• Red Capitalism in South China

  Open Access•Clémentine Cartier, Carolyn Cartier et al.•Geographical Review•1999

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• The Socialist City

  Open Access•John R Borchert, R A French et al.•Geographical Review•1981

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• Beijing

  Open Access•Laurence J C Ma, J C Laurence et al.•Geographical Review•1996

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• Beyond the Neon Lights

  Open Access•Timothy S Oakes, Hanchao Lu•Geographical Review•2000

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• Urban Life in Contemporary China

  Greenhalgh, Susan Greenhalgh et al.•Population and Development Review•1984

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• The City in Communist China

  Y J Chih, John Wilson Lewis•Journal of the American Oriental…•1972

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• The City in Late Imperial China

  Open Access•Marwyn S Samuels•The Journal of Asian Studies•1978

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• Hankow

  Toshio Kusamitsu, William T Rowe•The Economic History Review•1985

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• The Commercial Revolution in Nineteenth-Century China

  Philip Richardson, Yen-P'Ing Hao•The Economic History Review•1987

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• Urban Spaces in Contemporary China

  Merle Goldman, Deborah S Davis et al.•The Journal of Interdisciplinary…•1997

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• The City in Late Imperial China

  Peter C Perdue, R Bin Wong et al.•The Journal of Interdisciplinary…•1978

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• Urban Life in Contemporary China

  W E Willmott, Martin King Whyte et al.•Pacific Affairs•1986

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• Cities of Jiangnan in Late Imperial China

  Tsing Yuan, Linda Cooke Johnson•Pacific Affairs•1994

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• Chinese and Indian Architecture

  Peter C Swann, Nelson I Wu et al.•Pacific Affairs•1964

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• Chinese Imperial City Planning

  Laurence J C Ma, J C Laurence et al.•Pacific Affairs•1992

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• Shanghai

  Andrew M Marton, Andrew Marton et al.•Pacific Affairs•1997

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• Employment and Economic Growth in Urban China

  Open Access•Christopher Howe•Population•1972

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• Canton Under Communism. Programs and Politics in a Provincial Capital, 1949-1968

  J A Mcintyre, Jesse McIntyre et al.•Pacific Affairs•1970

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• Urban Change in China. Politics and Development in Tsinan, Shantung, 1890-1949

  Susan Mann Jones, David D Buck•Pacific Affairs•1978

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• The Salt Merchants of Tianjin

  Ruth Rogaski, Man Bun Kwan•Pacific Affairs•2002

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• Order and Discipline in China

  Tahirih V Lee, Thomas B Stephens•Pacific Affairs•1994

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• Urban Development in Modern China

  G William Skinner, Laurence J C Ma et al.•Pacific Affairs•1982

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• Shanghai

  Parks M Coble, Linda Cooke Johnson•Pacific Affairs•1997

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• China's Spatial Economic Development

  Yue-Man Yeung, Yue‐man Yeung et al.•Pacific Affairs•2002

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• Shanghai on Strike

  Parks M Coble, Elizabeth J Perry et al.•Pacific Affairs•1994

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• Inventing Nanjing Road

  Millie Creighton, Sherman Cochran•Pacific Affairs•2001

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• Cities in China

  Roman Cybriwsky, Jae Ho Chung•Pacific Affairs•2000

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• Urban Anthropology in China

  Gregory Eliyu Guldin, Aidan Southall•Urban Anthropology in China•1993

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• Sex, Death, and Hierarchy in a Chinese City

  Göran Aijmer, William R Jankowiak et al.•Man•1994

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• Work and Inequality in Urban China

  Mariah Mantsun Cheng, Y Bian•Social Forces•1996

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• Urbanism as a Way of Life

  Louis Wirth•American Journal of Sociology•1938

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