Native Place, City, and Nation - Regional Networks and Identities in Shanghai, 18531937

"A new look at China's urban culture during the early twentieth century. Erasing the dichotomy between tradition and modernity, the author examines the relationship between native-place sentiments and an emerging national identity."—Susan Mann, author of Local Merchants and the Chinese Bureaucracy, 1750-1950

"Bryna Goodman's work on native-place associations is one of the most important studies of Chinese social history to have appeared in the last ten years. It melds an ingeniously researched ethnography with a convincing narrative of urban history. The result is a highly original approach to the development of the modern Chinese city."—Philip A. Kuhn, author of Soulstealers: The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768

About the author

Bryna Goodman is Associate Professor of Modern Chinese History at the University of Oregon.

Summary

This text explores the role of native place associations in the development of modern Chinese urban society and the role of native-place identity in the development of urban nationalism.

Product details

• Authors: Bryna Goodman, Goodman Bryna
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.1995
• EAN: 9780520089174
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08917-4
• No. of pages: 367
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, 20th Century, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, Urban communities