Chinese Professionals and the Republican State - The Rise of Professional Associations in Shanghai, 1912-1937

Klappentext Xu examines an important phase of China's modernization - the rise of professional associations in Republican China. Zusammenfassung Xu makes a compelling! original contribution to the study of China's modernization with this 2001 book on the rise of professional associations in Republican China. This book is rich in detail about the key professional and political figures and organizations in Shanghai! filling an important gap in its social history. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations of frequently cited sources; Introduction; Part I. Professions and Professionals: 1. Professions in early-twentieth-century Shanghai; 2. Professionals as urban middle class; Conclusion to part I; Part II. Social Institutions, State Actions, and Professionalization: 3. The Republican State and urban associations; 4. The Republican State and the legal profession; 5. The Republican State and the medical profession; Conclusion to part II; Part III. Professionalism, Nationalism, and Politics: 6. From 'literary men' to professionals: Shanghai journalists; 7. National essence versus science: the medical profession in conflict; 8. Professionalism and nationalism: the Shanghai Bar Association (I); 9. Professionalism and politics: the Shanghai Bar Association (II); Conclusion to part III; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Xiaoqun Xu, Xiaoqun (Francis Marion University Xu, Xu Xiaoqun
• Mitarbeit: William Kirby (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 02.11.2006
• EAN: 9780521027892
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02789-2
• Seiten: 348
• Serien: Cambridge Modern China (Paperb; Cambridge Modern China Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde; China, Anthropology, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, General and world history