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At the Crossroads of Empires: Middlemen, Social Networks, and State-Building in Republican Shanghai
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Hardback. Republican Shanghai was a heterogeneous city with no central institutions. Yet somehow it functioned coherently. What held the city together? The authors argue that networks of middlemen with boundless connections provided the glue. Editor(s): Dillon, Nara; Oi, Jean C. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPFF; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
To a degree uncommon in among Chinese cities, Republican Shanghai had no center. Its territory was divided among three (sometimes more) municipal governments integrated into various national states and empires. No government building or religious institution gave Shanghai a “center." Yet amidst deep cleavages, the city functioned as a coherent whole. What held Shanghai together? The authors' answer is that a group of middlemen with myriad connections across political and social boundaries created networks that held Republican Shanghai together.
Contributors Include: Sei Jeong Chin, Parks Coble, Bryna Goodman, Brian Martin, Elizabeth J. Perry, Kuiyi Shen, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, and Wen-hsin Yeh
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804756198
SKU
V9780804756198
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99-1
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Jean C. Oi is William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics and was Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford. Her publications include Rural China Takes Off: Institutional Foundations of Economic Reform (1999). She is also co-editor, with Andrew Walder, of Property Rights and Economic Reform in China (Stanford, 1999). Nara Dillon is Assistant Professor of Political Studies ... Read more
Reviews for At the Crossroads of Empires: Middlemen, Social Networks, and State-Building in Republican Shanghai
"One can only admire the patience and the attention to detail that the author applies to reassembling the pieces of the puzzle. . . Offers a precise and concrete illustration of the realities."—Marie-Claire Bergère, Chinese Perspectives