Urbanizing China in War and Peace : The Case of Wuxi County /

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This work rewrites the history of rural-urban relations in the first half of the twentieth century by arguing that urbanization is a total societal transformation and as important a factor as revolution, nationalism, or modernity in the history of modern China.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lincoln, Toby, 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Urbanization.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
Urbanisation > Chine > Wuxi (Jiangsu)
Urbanization > China > Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng)
China > Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng)
Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The "Little Shanghai": urbanization of Wuxi City
  • Elites and infrastructure: urbanization of the countryside
  • Local elites and the state: managing Wuxi during the Warlord Era
  • Abolish the county to establish the city (fei xian wei shi)
  • The nationalist state and rural infrastructure
  • A connected city: native place societies, migration, and disaster relief
  • Threads of silk: economic recovery in occupied Wuxi
  • The utility of rubble: rebuilding the city and the countryside
  • The militarized environment: Japanese impact on daily life.

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