Urban Life in Contemporary China

by Martin King Whyte, William L. Parish

Through interviews with city residents, the authors provide a unique survey of urban life in the last decade of Mao Zedong's rule. They conclude that changes in society produced under communism were truly revolutionary and that, in the decade under scrutiny, the Chinese avoided ostensibly universal evils of urbanism with considerable success.

Genres: Anthropology

408 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1984

About the author

Martin King Whyte is professor of sociology and international affairs at George Washington University.