| Description |
1 online resource (x, 435 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies on China ; 23
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Studies on China ; 23.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: interpreting Chinese modernity, 1900-1950 / Wen-hsin Yeh -- The cultural construction of modernity in urban Shanghai: some preliminary explorations / Leo Ou-fan Lee -- Marketing medicine and advertising dreams in China, 1900-1950 / Sherman Cochran -- "A high place is no better than a low place": the city in the making of modern China / David Strand -- Engineering China: birth of the developmental state, 1928-1937 / William C. Kirby -- Hierarchical modernization: Tianjin's Gong Shang College as a model for Catholic community in North China / Richard Madsen -- The grounding of cosmopolitans: merchants and local cultures in Guangdong / Helen F. Siu -- Zhang Taiyan's concept of the individual and modern Chinese identity / Wang Hui -- Crime or punishment? On the forensic discourse of modern Chinese literature / David Der-wei Wang -- Hanjian (Traitor)! Collaboration and retribution in wartime Shanghai / Frederic Wakeman Jr. -- Of authenticity and woman: personal narratives of middle-class women in modern China / Prasenjit Duara -- Victory as defeat: postwar visualizations of China's War of Resistance / Paul G. Pickowicz. |
| Summary |
This volume evaluates the dual roles of war and modernity in the transformation of 20th-century Chinese identity. The contributors argue that war, no less than revolution, deserves attention as a major force in the making of 20th-century Chinese history. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
China -- Civilization -- 20th century.
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China. |
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Civilization. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Cities and towns -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Cities and towns. |
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History. |
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National characteristics, Chinese.
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National characteristics, Chinese. |
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China -- Civilization -- 20th century -- Congresses. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Yeh, Wen-Hsin.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Becoming Chinese. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000 0520219236 0520222180 (DLC) 99011019 (OCoLC)40838609 |
| ISBN |
9780520924413 (electronic book) |
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052092441X (electronic book) |
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1597344826 |
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9781597344821 |
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9780520219236 |
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0520219236 |
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0520219236 (cased) |
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0520222180 (paperback) |
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