Monographs

本书记述了建国初期东北石油重镇大庆发展的历史，记录了大庆作为一个国家模范城市的兴衰。本书采用双线叙事，一方面透过大庆城市的设计与建设，折射出新中国前三十年历史环境变化及政治路线选择；另一方面通过女规划工作者晓华的个人经历，讲述她在大庆的工作、生活以及大历史下的个体抉择。双线交织，互为补充。

Building for Oil is a historical account of the development of the oil town of Daqing in northeastern China during the formative years of the People’s Republic, describing Daqing’s rise and fall as a national model city. Daqing oil field was the most profitable state-owned enterprise and the single largest source of state revenue for almost three decades, from the 1950s through the early 1980s. The book traces the roots and maturation of the Chinese socialist state and its early industrialization and modernization policies during a time of unprecedented economic growth. (2020 Winner of the IPHS First Book Prize)

Reviewed in Twentieth-Century China, Planning Perspective, China Review International, The Chinese Historical Review, Environment and Urbanization

Entering the 21st century, urban centers worldwide have experienced enormous booms and busts as real-estate developers, financial institutions, and public officials first poured resources into physical redevelopment, then watched as the market collapsed before booming again in the 1990s. Li Hou translated Susan Fainstein's highly regarded The City Builders, which examines major redevelopment efforts in New York and London to uncover the forces behind these investment cycles and the role that public policy can play in moderating market instability.