Becoming Chinese : passages to modernity and beyond

Becoming Chinese : passages to modernity and beyond / edited by Wen-hsin Yeh.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Yeh, Wen-Hsin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Series:Studies on China ; 23.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Cities and towns > China > History > 20th century.
National characteristics, Chinese.
Chinese.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Chinese
Cities and towns
Civilization
National characteristics, Chinese
Modernisierung
Stadtentwicklung
Gesellschaft
Entwicklung
Natievorming.
Urbanisatie.
Cultuur.
Villes > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Caractère national chinois.
China > Civilization > 20th century.
China
Chine > Civilisation > 20e siècle > Congrès.
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
History
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
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Table of 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.

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