Urbanizing China in War and Peace: The Case of Wuxi County 9780824854195
Urbanizing China in War and Peace rewrites the history of rural-urban relations in the first half of the twentieth centu
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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Weights and Measures
Introduction
Chapter One. The “Little Shanghai”: Urbanization of Wuxi City
Chapter Two. Wuxi Elites and Infrastructure: Urbanization of the Countryside
Chapter Three. Local Elites and the State: Managing Wuxi during the Warlord Era
Chapter Four. Abolish the County to Establish the City (Fei xian wei shi)
Chapter Five. The Nationalist State and Rural Infrastructure
Chapter Six. A Connected City: Native Place Societies, Migration, and Disaster Relief
Chapter Seven. Threads of Silk: Economic Recovery in Occupied Wuxi
Chapter Eight. The Utility of Rubble: Rebuilding the City and the Countryside
Chapter Nine. A Militarized Environment: Japanese Impact on Daily Life
Conclusion
Character List
Notes
Bibliography
Index
