ISBN:
0520219236
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052092441X
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1597344826
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9780520924413
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9781597344821
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 435 pages)
Serie:
Studies on China 23
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
951.05
Schlagwort(e):
1900 - 1999
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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HISTORY.
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Cities and towns
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Civilization
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National characteristics, Chinese
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Geschichte
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Stadt
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Cities and towns History 20th century
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National characteristics, Chinese
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Zivilisation
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Stadtentwicklung
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Modernisierung
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China
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift
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Konferenzschrift
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China
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Stadtentwicklung
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
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China
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Modernisierung
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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China
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Zivilisation
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Geschichte 1900-2000
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: interpreting Chinese modernity, 1900-1950 / Wen-hsin Yeh -- The cultural construction of modernity in urban Shanghai: some preliminary explorations / Leo Ou-fan Lee -- Marketing medicine and advertising dreams in China, 1900-1950 / Sherman Cochran -- "A high place is no better than a low place": the city in the making of modern China / David Strand -- Engineering China: birth of the developmental state, 1928-1937 / William C. Kirby -- Hierarchical modernization: Tianjin's Gong Shang College as a model for Catholic community in North China / Richard Madsen -- The grounding of cosmopolitans: merchants and local cultures in Guangdong / Helen F. Siu -- Zhang Taiyan's concept of the individual and modern Chinese identity / Wang Hui -- Crime or punishment? On the forensic discourse of modern Chinese literature / David Der-wei Wang -- Hanjian (Traitor)! Collaboration and retribution in wartime Shanghai / Frederic Wakeman Jr. -- Of authenticity and woman: personal narratives of middle-class women in modern China / Prasenjit Duara -- Victory as defeat: postwar visualizations of China's War of Resistance / Paul G. Pickowicz
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This volume evaluates the dual roles of war and modernity in the transformation of 20th-century Chinese identity. The contributors argue that war, no less than revolution, deserves attention as a major force in the making of 20th-century Chinese history
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520219236.001.0001
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