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000433029 1001_ $$aMathews, Gordon.
000433029 24510 $$aGhetto at the center of the world :$$bChungking Mansions, Hong Kong /$$cGordon Mathews.
000433029 260__ $$aChicago :$$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$$c2011.
000433029 300__ $$axi, 241 p. :$$bill., maps ;$$c23 cm.
000433029 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000433029 5050_ $$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.
000433029 61020 $$aChongqing da sha (Hong Kong, China)
000433029 650_0 $$aMultipurpose buildings$$zChina$$zHong Kong.
000433029 650_0 $$aGuesthouses$$zChina$$zHong Kong.
000433029 650_0 $$aCity dwellers$$zChina$$zHong Kong.
000433029 650_0 $$aMinorities$$zChina$$zHong Kong.
000433029 651_0 $$aHong Kong (China)$$xCommerce.
000433029 85200 $$bgen$$hDS796.H78$$iC48$$i2011
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000433029 980__ $$aBOOK