At the dawn of the twentieth century, China's sovereignty was fragile at best. In the face of international pressure and domestic upheaval, young urban radicals--desperate for reforms that would save their nation--clamored for change, championing Western-inspired family reform and promoting free marriage choice and economic and emotional independence. But what came to be known ...(展开全部)

This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging from cultivated upper gentry to twentieth-century militarists, from wealthy urban merchants to village leaders. In the introduction and conclusion the editors reassess the pioneerin...(展开全部)

This important volume affords a panoramic view of local elites during the dramatic changes of late imperial and Republic China. Eleven specialists present fresh, detailed studies of subjects ranging from cultivated upper gentry to twentieth-century militarists, from wealthy urban merchants to village leaders. In the introduction and conclusion the editors reassess the pioneerin...(展开全部)

The long twentieth century in China and Taiwan has seen both a dramatic process of state-driven secularization and modernization and a vigorous revival of contemporary religious life. "Chinese Religiosities" explores the often vexed relationship between the modern Chinese state and religious practice. The essays in this comprehensive, multidisciplinary collection cover a wide r...(展开全部)

The Confucian doctrine of tianxia (all under heaven) outlines a unitary worldview that cherishes global justice and transcends social, geographic, and political divides. For contemporary scholars, it has held myriad meanings, from the articulation of a cultural imaginary and political strategy to a moralistic commitment and a cosmological vision. The contributors to Chinese Vis...(展开全部)

此书是英语学术界一个世纪以来，第一部以山西票号为主体的专著。作者在书中，以山西票号的历史沿革为切入点，深入讨论了以下几个问题：近代中国货币制度、民间金融资本与国家制度之间的互动；中国内陆资本主义在西方殖民主义背景下的原生发展和沿革；以及中国内陆商业家庭在上述政治、经济、金融、社会等大分流背景下做出的适应和改变。 该书对海外中国史研究的意义在于：生动还原了中国内陆民间金融机构及商人家庭在近代中国中西货币金融与经济交流飞速变迁背景下的原生发展轨迹，并创造性地提出了“内陆资本主义”这一全新的概念和研究范式。“内陆资本主义”这一概念-范式，反思、修正了英语学术界以中国沿海城市的发展和变迁作为近代中国变迁的标杆，同时批判了把中国内陆作为沿海城市的反面典型这一流行了近百年的隐性欧洲中心论。 This book is the first Western monog...(展开全部)

此书是英语学术界一个世纪以来，第一部以山西票号为主体的专著。作者在书中，以山西票号的历史沿革为切入点，深入讨论了以下几个问题：近代中国货币制度、民间金融资本与国家制度之间的互动；中国内陆资本主义在西方殖民主义背景下的原生发展和沿革；以及中国内陆商业家庭在上述政治、经济、金融、社会等大分流背景下做出的适应和改变。 该书对海外中国史研究的意义在于：生动还原了中国内陆民间金融机构及商人家庭在近代中国中西货币金融与经济交流飞速变迁背景下的原生发展轨迹，并创造性地提出了“内陆资本主义”这一全新的概念和研究范式。“内陆资本主义”这一概念-范式，反思、修正了英语学术界以中国沿海城市的发展和变迁作为近代中国变迁的标杆，同时批判了把中国内陆作为沿海城市的反面典型这一流行了近百年的隐性欧洲中心论。 This book is the first Western monog...(展开全部)

This volume explores irony and cynicism as part of the social life of local communities in China, and specifically in relation to the contemporary Chinese state. It collects ethnographies of irony and cynicism in social action, written by a group of anthropologists who specialise in China. They use the lenses of irony and cynicism - broadly defined to include resignation, resis...(展开全部)

This volume explores irony and cynicism as part of the social life of local communities in China, and specifically in relation to the contemporary Chinese state. It collects ethnographies of irony and cynicism in social action, written by a group of anthropologists who specialise in China. They use the lenses of irony and cynicism - broadly defined to include resignation, resis...(展开全部)

What is “Chinese” about China’s modern state? This book proposes that the state we see today has developed over the past two centuries largely as a response to internal challenges emerging from the late empire. Well before the Opium War, Chinese confronted such constitutional questions as: How does the scope of political participation affect state power? How is the state to sec...(展开全部)