MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02372cam a22003378a 4500
001 2010036533
003 DLC
005 20120818090248.0
008 100826s2011 ilu b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2010036533
020 $a9780226510194 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780226510200 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0226510190 (cloth. : alk. paper)
020 $a0226510204 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aICU/DLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-cc-hk
050 00 $aDS796.H78$bC48 2011
082 00 $a951.25$222
100 1 $aMathews, Gordon.
245 10 $aGhetto at the center of the world :$bChungking Mansions, Hong Kong /$cGordon Mathews.
260 $aChicago ;$aLondon :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c2011.
300 $axi, 241 p. :$bill., maps ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aNote on Hong Kong -- Place. Introducing Chungking Mansions ; "Ghetto at the center of the world" ; Why Chungking Mansions exists and why it matters ; The building ; History ; Owners' association ; Business ; My own involvement -- People. Traders ; Owners and managers ; Temporary workers ; Asylum seekers ; Domestic helpers ; Sex workers ; Heroin addicts ; Tourists ; How these different groups interact -- Goods. The passage of goods in Chungking Mansions ; Selling goods ; Taking advantage of buyers ; Copy goods ; Manufacturers and middlemen ; Tricks and travails of a phone stall ; Varieties of traders ; The generation gap among traders ; Techniques of traders ; The lure of China ; The perils of customs ; The significance of goods and traders -- Laws. The omnipresent shadow of the law ; Conflicts within and beyond the law ; The role of police ; Visas and residence rights ; Asylum seekers and the law ; "Real" and "fake" asylum seekers ; The lives of asylum seekers ; The changing treatment of asylum seekers ; Future. Changing imaginations of Chungking Mansions ; How Chungking Mansions transforms people ; Cultural identity ; Global significance ; The future of Chungking Mansions / the future of the world.
610 20 $aChungking Mansions (Hong Kong, China)
650 0 $aMultipurpose buildings$zChina$zHong Kong.
650 0 $aGuesthouses$zChina$zHong Kong.
650 0 $aCity dwellers$zChina$zHong Kong.
650 0 $aMinorities$zChina$zHong Kong.
651 0 $aHong Kong (China)$xCommerce.