Building for oil Daqing and the formation of the Chinese socialist state Hou, Li 1973- creator author. text bibliography History. mau 2018 2018 monographic eng print xxiv, 245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. "Examines Chinese urbanization and industrialization strategies for a model petroleum city, Daquing, during the early years of the People's Republic. It concerns the politics of building, the pursuit of food, energy and resources, and the everyday lives of the working men and women who inhabited China's northeastern frontier"--Provided by publisher. 1. The discovery of Daqing: The search for oil -- The weakness of the state industrialization plan -- Daqing: the great celebration -- Construction (jianshe): building a new China -- 2. Production first, livelihood second: Daqing: the battlefield -- Total mobilization -- An alternative landscape -- Battlefield communism: integration of state and society -- 3. Breakthrough on a narrow front: The political economy of building construction -- Planning without cities -- "More, faster, better, and more economic" -- 4. Celebrating Daqing: the correct path for industrialization -- Learning from Daqing -- Worker-peasant villages on the oil field -- Cities and buildings based on the Daqing model -- Industrialization without urbanization -- 5. Living in an urban-rural heterotopia: The factory as a production machine -- The factory as a work-study school -- The factory as a battle field -- 6. Challenging the Daqing model: The red flag on the industrial front -- Growing industrial agglomeration -- The great leap outward -- The sinking of the oil rig. Hou Li. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-cc--- Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng, China) History Regional planning China Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) History Industrialization China Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) History Petroleum industry and trade China Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) History Petroleum workers China Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) Social conditions China Social conditions 1949- Industrialization Petroleum industry and trade Petroleum workers Social conditions Regional planning Social conditions China China Daqing (Heilongjiang Sheng) Geschichte Stadtplanung Verstädterung Soziale Situation China Daqing Industrialization Petroleum industry and trade Petroleum workers Social conditions Regional planning Social conditions Geschichte Stadtplanung Verstädterung Soziale Situation Since 1949 fast HT395.C6 H68 2018 307.1/2095184 Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 110 9780674983816 0674983815 2017029370 MH/DLC 170712 20181023093954.0 in00004000420 eng