Description: Ghost neighborhoods, trainless railways, empty offices--a bottom-up look at China's footprint in British cities.
Review Quotes: "In a field often dominated by theoretical discussions about grand geopolitics, this book offers a jolt of reality from ground level. Knowles asks pertinent questions about China, reminding us that even in the transnational age, all politics is local." -- Martin Thorley, author of All That Glistens: Chinese Party-State Influence in Britain
"For anyone who wants to get beneath the geopolitical stereotype of Chinese power and influence, this incredibly well-researched book reveals how Chinese money lands on our streets and shapes our cities. A wonderful book, with insights about the nature of global capital which go well beyond China." -- Anna Minton, author of Big Capital: Who Is London For?"A rich, ground-level account of how global Chinese investment is lived and felt within UK urban neighborhoods. Through captivating narratives about everyday encounters, partial developments, uneven transformations and unrealized futures, it renders abstract geopolitical processes tangible." -- Anna Lora-Wainwright, Professor of the Human Geography of China, University of Oxford, and author of China: The Basics"A master analyst of city life from the street up, Knowles has done it again, with a surgical probe into the complex and contested footprints of a globalizing China along the streets of London and Manchester and much beyond.' -- Xiangming Chen, Raether Distinguished Professor of Global Urban Studies and Sociology, Trinity College, Connecticut, and co-editor of Global Cities, Local Streets"Peels back ... the truth about Chinese investment and influence ... Where Uneasy Streets truly stands out is on the human level. It has a fascinating cast of characters." - The Telegraph, 4 star review