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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lincoln, Toby, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2015.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Urbanization > China > Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng)
Urbanisation > Chine > Wuxi (Jiangsu)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Urbanization
Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > History > 20th century.
China > Wuxi (Jiangsu Sheng)
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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