Xiaoqun Xu makes a compelling and original contribution to the study of China's modernization with this book on the rise of professional associations in Republican China in their birthplace of Shanghai, and of their political and socio-cultural milieu. This 2001 book is rich in detail about the key professional and political figures and organizations in Shanghai, filling an imp...(展开全部)

Xiaoqun Xu makes a compelling and original contribution to the study of China's modernization with this book on the rise of professional associations in Republican China in their birthplace of Shanghai, and of their political and socio-cultural milieu. This 2001 book is rich in detail about the key professional and political figures and organizations in Shanghai, filling an imp...(展开全部)

To a degree uncommon among Chinese cities, Republican Shanghai had no center. Its territory was divided among three (sometimes more) municip al governments integrated into various national states and empires. Yet, amidst deep cleavages, the city functioned as a coherent whole. What held Shanghai together? This book answers that question.

作者简介 本杰明·I·史华慈，美国著名历史学家和政治学家，中国问题研究专家。哈佛大学历史与政治学教授，兼费正清研究中心副主任。美国历史协会会员，亚洲研究会会员。《中国季刊》和《哈佛亚洲研究会杂志》编委会成员。1999年逝世。早年获哈佛大学历史学博士学位。1951—1956年任哈佛大学中国经济政治研究计划委员会委员。1960年任哈佛大学历史与政治学教授直至逝世。 主要著作有：《中国的共产主义与毛泽东的崛起》（1951）、《中国共产主义文献史》（1954）、《毛泽东主义的“传说”的传说》（1960）、《共产主义与中国：思想和变革》（1968）、《古代中国的思想世界》（1985）、《中国研究》（1990）等。

作者简介 本杰明·I·史华慈，美国著名历史学家和政治学家，中国问题研究专家。哈佛大学历史与政治学教授，兼费正清研究中心副主任。美国历史协会会员，亚洲研究会会员。《中国季刊》和《哈佛亚洲研究会杂志》编委会成员。1999年逝世。早年获哈佛大学历史学博士学位。1951—1956年任哈佛大学中国经济政治研究计划委员会委员。1960年任哈佛大学历史与政治学教授直至逝世。 主要著作有：《中国的共产主义与毛泽东的崛起》（1951）、《中国共产主义文献史》（1954）、《毛泽东主义的“传说”的传说》（1960）、《共产主义与中国：思想和变革》（1968）、《古代中国的思想世界》（1985）、《中国研究》（1990）等。

Discussions of China’s early twentieth-century modernization efforts tend to focus almost exclusively on cities, and the changes, both cultural and industrial, seen there. As a result, the communist peasant revolution appears as a decisive historical break. Kate Merkel-Hess corrects that misconception by demonstrating how crucial the countryside was for reformers in China long ...(展开全部)

Qaidu (1236-1301), one of the great rebels in the history of the Mongol Empire, was the grandson of gedei, the son Genghis Khan had chosen to be his heir. After Genghis' death (1226), gedei was enthroned as the Great Khan or the Qa'an, the supreme ruler of the entire Mongol Empire. The gedeids retained their position as Qa'ans in the reign of gedei's son, Qaidu's uncle, Gnynk Q...(展开全部)

What explains the rapid growth of state power in early modern Europe? While most scholars have pointed to the impact of military or capitalist revolutions, Philip S. Gorski argues instead for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the Reformation. By refining and diffusing a variety of disciplinary techniques and strategies, such as communal surveillance, cont...(展开全部)

What explains the rapid growth of state power in early modern Europe? While most scholars have pointed to the impact of military or capitalist revolutions, Philip S. Gorski argues instead for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the Reformation. By refining and diffusing a variety of disciplinary techniques and strategies, such as communal surveillance, cont...(展开全部)

What explains the rapid growth of state power in early modern Europe? While most scholars have pointed to the impact of military or capitalist revolutions, Philip S. Gorski argues instead for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the Reformation. By refining and diffusing a variety of disciplinary techniques and strategies, such as communal surveillance, cont...(展开全部)