{"id":6,"date":"2015-05-15T10:51:24","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T14:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/globalcitieslocalstreets\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2017-02-13T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T18:21:26","slug":"shanghai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/globalcitieslocalstreets\/shanghai\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Local Shops in Global Shanghai<\/p>\n

Shanghai has been \u201crising\u201d as a global city since the early 1990s. Its glitzing skyscrapers and glamorous malls now dominate the urban landscape. Yet small ordinary local shops, which date back to Shanghai\u2019s first cosmopolitan era of the 1920s and disappeared after 1949, have re-emerged across the city, amounting to a massive commercial development from below. Why and how have local shops developed during the large-scale urban transformations planned and driven by a strong state? How do local shops in Shanghai differ from their counterparts in the five other global cities in this transnational comparative project and its resultant book?<\/p>\n

To address these and other questions, a small research team of Shanghai and U.S.-based sociologists have completed a comparative study of two distinctive shopping streets\u2014Tianzifang and Minxinglu\u2014located in the downtown and outlying areas of Shanghai respectively. An exclusive zone of art studios, boutique shops, and high-end cafes, Tianzifang caters to international tourists and wealthy local consumers primarily. A linear street occupied by convenience stores, cheap eateries, and other small businesses owned by migrants, Minxinglu serves the daily needs of the lower-income local community. The research has shown that despite these important differences reflecting the diversity of local shops, both Tianzifang and Minxinglu are shaped by the structural forces of globalization, migration, and the strong state. Moreover, Tianzifang and Minxinglu have evolved into local commercial and social spaces that endure or thrive as an integral part of communal life in global Shanghai.<\/p>\n

Xiangming Chen<\/p>\n

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Gallery with photos from Shanghai:<\/p>\n

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Tianzifang old factory map<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang before 1949 2<\/p><\/div>

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A Tianzifang lane before development<\/p><\/div>

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Woo scarf shop<\/p><\/div>

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Neighborhoold life before development<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang a lane in 2004<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang development forum 2004<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang development signing ceremony<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang heritage map<\/p><\/div>

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Disappearing Shikumen houses<\/p><\/div>

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Building Tianzifang 2<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang tourist map<\/p><\/div>

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Uban Tribe TZF 2<\/p><\/div>

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Barber shop with customer<\/p><\/div>

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Lanzhou noodles shop owners<\/p><\/div>

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TZF main entrance<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang alleys<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang planning map<\/p><\/div>

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Tianzifang a partialy developed lane<\/p><\/div><\/div>