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China made : consumer culture and the creation of the nation /

"In China Made, Karl Gerth argues that two key forces shaping the modern world - nationalism and consumerism - developed in tandem in China. Early in the twentieth century, nationalism branded every commodity as either "Chinese" or "foreign," and consumer culture became the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gerth, Karl, 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Harvard University Asia Center, ©2003.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 224.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Crisis over Commodities and the Origins of the Movement
  • 2. Nationalizing the Appearance of Men
  • 3. The Movement and Anti-Imperialist Boycotts, 1905-1919
  • 4. The Movement and Anti-Imperialist Boycotts, 1923-1937
  • 5. Nationalistic Commodity Spectacles
  • 6. Creating a Nationalistic Visuality in the Exhibition of 1928
  • 7. Nationalizing Female Consumers
  • 8. Manufacturing Patriotic Producers.