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Rickshaw Beijing : city people and politics in the 1920s /

In the 1920s, revolution, war, and imperialist aggression brought chaos to China. Many of the dramatic events associated with this upheaval took place in or near China's cities. Bound together by rail, telegraph, and a shared urban mentality, cities like Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing formed...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Strand, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1989.
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t Contents --  |t Illustrations --  |t Preface --  |t Acknowledgments --  |t A Note on Romanization and Currency --  |t One. A Twentieth-Century Walled City --  |t Two. The Rickshaw: Machine for a Mixed-up Age --  |t Three. Rickshaw Men: Careers of the Laboring Poor --  |t Four. Policemen as Mediators and Street-Level Bureaucrats --  |t Five. Jeweler, Banker, and Restaurateur: Power Struggles in the Beijing Chamber of Commerce --  |t Six. Profits and People's Livelihood: The Politics of Streetcar Development --  |t Seven. Bosses, Guilds, and Work Gangs: Labor Politics and the Sprouts of Unionism --  |t Eight. Citizens in a New Public Sphere: Widening Circles of Political Participation --  |t Nine. City People Under Siege: The Impact of Warlordism --  |t Ten. Union and Faction: Organized Labor in the Wake of the Northern Expedition --  |t Eleven. Machine-Breakers: The Streetcar Riot of October 22,1929 --  |t Twelve. Order and Movement in City Politics --  |t Notes --  |t Bibliography --  |t Index 
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