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The Teahouse : Small Business, Everyday Culture, and Public Politics in Chengdu, 1900-1950 /
This is the first book-length history of Chinese teahouses in the English-speaking world or in China. The Teahouse examines economic, social, political, and cultural changes as funneled through the teahouses of Chengdu during the first half of the twentieth century. The images brought together in th...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, CA :
Stanford University Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables, Maps, and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Currencies
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The City, Teahouses, and Everyday Culture
- Part one The Teahouse
- 1. A Small Business
- 2. The Teahouse Guild
- 3. Labor and Workplace Culture
- Part two Teahouse Life
- 4. Public Life
- 5. Entertainment
- 6. All Walks of Life
- Part three Teahouse Politics
- 7. Conflicts in Public
- 8. A Political Site
- Conclusion: The Triumph of Small Business and Everyday Culture
- Appendix: Comparison of Tea and Rice Prices, 1909-1948
- Character List
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index