At the Crossroads of Empires
Middlemen, Social Networks, and State-Building in Republican Shanghai
Jean C Oi editor Nara Dillon editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Stanford University Press
Published:29th Nov '07
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
To a degree uncommon in among Chinese cities, Republican Shanghai had no center. Its territory was divided among three (sometimes more) municipal governments integrated into various national states and empires. No government building or religious institution gave Shanghai a “center." Yet amidst deep cleavages, the city functioned as a coherent whole. What held Shanghai together? The authors' answer is that a group of middlemen with myriad connections across political and social boundaries created networks that held Republican Shanghai together.
Contributors Include: Sei Jeong Chin, Parks Coble, Bryna Goodman, Brian Martin, Elizabeth J. Perry, Kuiyi Shen, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, and Wen-hsin Yeh
"One can only admire the patience and the attention to detail that the author applies to reassembling the pieces of the puzzle. . . Offers a precise and concrete illustration of the realities."—Marie-Claire Bergère, Chinese Perspectives
ISBN: 9780804756198
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 576g
328 pages