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Chinese Professionals and the Republican State: The Rise of Professional Associations in Shanghai, 1912-1937 (Cambridge Modern China Series)

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0521780713, 9780521780711, 9780511019784
Open Library ID
OL7753494M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3199730 bytes)
Pages
328\346
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Xiaoqun Xu makes a compelling and original contribution to the study of China's modernization with this study of the rise of professional associations in Republican China, in their birthplace of Shanghai, and of their political and socio-cultural milieus. Xu addresses a central issue in China studies, the relationship between state and society, and proposes an alternative to the Western-derived concept of civil society. This book illuminates the multidimensional complexity of modernization and nationalism in twentieth-century China, and provides a concrete case for comparative studies of professionalization and class formation across cultures.

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