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Native Place, City, and Nation: Regional Networks and Identities in Shanghai, 1853-1937

By Bryna Goodman

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0520089170, 9780520089174
LCC
DS796.S25 G66 1995
Open Library ID
OL1099642M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (12478988 bytes)
Pages
277\277
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This book 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. From the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, sojourners from other provinces dominated the population of Shanghai and other expanding commercial Chinese cities. These immigrants formed native place associations beginning in the imperial period and persisting into the mid-twentieth century. Goodman examines the modernization of these associations and argues that under weak urban government, native place sentiment and organization flourished and had a profound effect on city life, social order and urban and national identity.

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