Title Native place, city, and nation : regional networks and identities in Shanghai, 1853-1937 / Bryna Goodman

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 367 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction: The moral excellence of loving the group -- Foreign imperialism, immigration and disorder: Opium war aftermath and the Small Sword Uprising of 1853 -- Community, hierarchy and authority: Elites and non-elites in the making of native-place culture during the Late Qing -- Expansive practices: Charity, modern enterprise, the city and the state -- Native-place associations, foreign authority and early popular nationalism -- The native place and the nation: Anti-imperialist and republican revolutionary mobilization -- "Modern spirit," institutional change and the effects of warlord government associations in the early republic -- The native place and the state: Nationalism, state building and public maneuvering -- Conclusion: Culture, modernity and the sources of national identity Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-347) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Social networks -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century Social networks -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century Rural-urban migration -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 19th century Rural-urban migration -- China -- Shanghai -- History -- 20th century HISTORY. HISTORY / Asia / General Manners and customs Rural-urban migration Social networks East Asia. Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East. History & Archaeology. SUBJECT Shanghai (China) -- Social life and customs Subject China -- Shanghai Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 94024416 ISBN 9780520915459 0520915453 0585102937 9780585102931 9780520089174 0520089170

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