Global in the Local - A Century of War, Commerce, and Technology in China

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, world-historic political, economic, and technological developments transformed everyday life in places like Zhenjiang, a midsize Chinese river town. Xin Zhang explores the local negotiation of globalization through the experience of Zhenjiang's merchants, entrepreneurs, and ordinary residents.

About the author

Xin Zhang is the author of Social Transformation in Modern China: The State and Local Elites in Henan, 1900–1937. He is Professor of History at Indiana University Indianapolis and a member of the Association for Asian Studies.

Summary

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, world-historic political, economic, and technological developments transformed everyday life in places like Zhenjiang, a midsize Chinese river town. Xin Zhang explores the local negotiation of globalization through the experience of Zhenjiang’s merchants, entrepreneurs, and ordinary residents.

Product details

• Authors: Xin Zhang, Zhang Xin
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9780674278387
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27838-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Asian History, General and world history