Guilty of Indigence : The Urban Poor in China, 1900-1953 /

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In the early twentieth century, a time of political fragmentation and social upheaval in China, poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of the country. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, Guilty of Indigence examines th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Janet Y., 1972-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Urban poor.
Social conditions
Poverty.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Pauvrete > Chine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Chine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Poverty > China > History > 20th century.
Urban poor > China > History > 20th century.
China.
Chine > Conditions sociales > 20e siecle.
China > Social conditions > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Conventions; Introduction; Chapter 1: Between Charity and Punishment; Chapter 2: "Parasites upon Society"; Chapter 3: "Living Ghosts" during the Nanjing Decade; Chapter 4: Beggars or Refugees?; Chapter 5: Keeping Company with Ghosts; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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