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Useless to the state : "social problems" and social engineering in nationalist Nanjing, 1927-1937 /

Part of the 'Harvard East Asian Monographs' series, this text cover the 'social problems' and social engineering in Nanjing from 1927-1937. It puts the poor at the centre of the picture, defying efforts to make them invisible.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lipkin, Zwia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Asia Center : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2006.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 259.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • A new society for a new capital
  • Refugees : an unforeseen consequence of development
  • Shantytowns : a side effect of population increase
  • Rickshaw-pulling : an "unscientific" occupation
  • Prostitution : an "unenviable reputation"
  • Beggary : "consumes without producing"
  • Epilogue.