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Enli Zhang

    Zhang Enli, four seasons
    In Search of Paradise
    Strangers in the City
    • 2010

      An engaging ethnography of the very different ways in which individuals, families, and social strata in China are affected by the experience of homeownership.-Luigi Tomba, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

      In Search of Paradise
    • 2002

      Strangers in the City

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
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      With rapid commercialization, a booming urban economy, and the relaxation of state migratory policies, over 100 million peasants, known as China's floating population, have streamed into large cities seeking employment and a better life. This book traces the profound transformation this massive flow of rural migrants has caused as it challenges Chinese socialist modes of state control.

      Strangers in the City